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I have Windows 10 Home Edition, and I tried to enable the Hyper-v feature.
Upon going through the Microsoft Documentation for the same I realized that Hyper-v is not functional on Home versions of the OS.

Nonetheless I went to the Program and Features interface and looked through the available features:

I noticed there was a feature called Windows Hypervisor Platform.

So I checked it, got it installed and I rebooted the system. But I still don't know how Hyper-v differs from the Windows Hypervisor Platform API.

I went through the Microsoft Documentation on this one, but it was a bit too sparse and difficult to understand for a beginner like me.I tried to search online, but I didn't find anything significant that clarified the difference.

Can I get a clearer picture of the difference between that two features, and how I can use the Windows Hypervisor Platform to run my own VMs?

Does the activation of the Windows Hypervisor Platform API is a prerequisite for running some 3rd party hypervisor software ?

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  • The [Hyper-V platform](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/virtualization/api/) is way to enable [coexistence of several hypervisor tools](https://stackoverflow.com/a/39867169/1466046) and all tools now use Hyper-V . – magicandre1981 Dec 01 '19 at 13:37

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The Windows Hypervisor Platform is an API that lets other companies use the Windows hypervisor capabilities. For example, a type 2 hypervisor is able to work with this features. Microsoft Virtualization Docs

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