# Supported guest operating systems

Only the x64 architecture is supported.

### **Windows**

| Version                | Edition                                              | CPU hot plug support | RAM hot plug support |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| Windows Server 2022    | Essentials                                           | No                   | No                   |
| Standard, Datacenter   | Yes                                                  | Yes                  |                      |
| Windows Server 2019    | Essentials                                           | No                   | No                   |
| Standard, Datacenter   | Yes                                                  | Yes                  |                      |
| Windows Server 2016    | Essentials                                           | No                   | No                   |
| Standard, Datacenter   | Yes\*                                                | Yes                  |                      |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | Essentials, Standard, Datacenter                     | Yes                  | Yes                  |
| Windows Server 2012    | Standard, Datacenter                                 | Yes                  | Yes                  |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | Standard, Datacenter                                 | No                   | No                   |
| Windows 10             | Home, Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise 2016 LTSB | No                   | No                   |
| Windows 8.1            | Home, Professional, Enterprise                       | No                   | No                   |

\* CPU hot plug does not work properly due to a Windows bug with a wrongly installed driver.

### Linux

<table><thead><tr><th>Distribution</th><th width="223">Version</th><th>CPU hot plug support</th><th>RAM hot plug support</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Rocky Linux</td><td>8.x, 9.x</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>AlmaLinux</td><td>8.x, 9.x</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>CentOS</td><td>8.x, 9.x</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Red Hat Enterprise Linux</td><td>8.x, 9.x</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Debian</td><td>12.x, 11.x, 10.x</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Ubuntu</td><td>20.04.x, 22.04.x, 24.04.x</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Oracle Linux</td><td>8.x, 9.x</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr></tbody></table>