Please Note – At the time of writing we experienced issues with the ESXi Online Customizer application. This is the image you will need to use to build your ESXi server in Hyper-V:Īlternative way to prepare the ESXi Hypervisor image
Please see our related post for how to install PowerCLI. If you do not do this the process will fail and you will be unable to connect to your ESXi server. There are a number of prerequisites to adhere to as well as an understanding that following this process may not give a smooth end-to-end user experience.īefore we start we MUST prep the ISO and inject Hyper-V compatible Network drivers. To some, this may be a viable option if you are unable to acquire any new hardware, or if you simply want to test new VMware products on your Windows 10 desktop.Īlthough this process is not officially supported by VMware or Microsoft, it is possible to get an ESXi environment stood up using Hyper-V. It is possible to use nested virtualization to run VMware ESXi as a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V.