Nested Virtualization inside a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

Using Windows’ inbuilt nested virtualization features, we can create a virtual environment inside a Hyper-V virtual machine’s name.

Enable Nested Virtualization

Run these commands in an elevated PowerShell prompt, make sure to change test-vm name with your VM:

$vm = "test-vm"
Set-VMProcessor -VMName $vm -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true
Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName $vm | Set-VMNetworkAdapter -MacAddressSpoofing On

Disable Nested Virtualization

To revert these changes and disable nested virtualization, run this command in an elevated PowerShell prompt:

$vm = "test-vm"
Set-VMProcessor -VMName $vm -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $false