Use PowerShell to Check if Hyper-V is Enabled in Windows

Use the Get-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet in PowerShell with -FeatureName to specify ‘Hyper-V’ and get the details about the feature Hyper-V. You can use the if condition to check if Hyper-V is enabled.

The Get-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet in PowerShell is used to get a list of all of the optional features in the running operating system.

In this article, we will discuss how to use the PowerShell Get-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet to check if Hyper-V is enabled.

PowerShell Check if Hyper-V is Enabled

You can use the following PowerShell script to check if Hyper-V is enabled.

# Check if Hyper-V is enabled

$feature = "Hyper-V"

# Get the status of the Hyper-V feature
$status = Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName $feature

# Check if the status is enabled
if ($status.State -eq "Enabled") {
    Write-Host "Hyper-V is enabled."
} else {
    Write-Host "Hyper-V is not enabled."
}

In the above PowerShell script, the $feature variable stores the name of the ‘Hyper-V’ feature. The Get-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet in PowerShell uses the parameters -Online and -FeatureName to get the details of the Hyper-V feature. Finally, it checks if the status is enabled and prints a message to the console accordingly.

The output of the above PowerShell script to check Hyper-V is enabled on the running operating system is:

Hyper-V is enabled.

How to Enable Hyper-V Feature

You can use the Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet in PowerShell to enable the Hyper-V feature on the running operating system.

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Hyper-V

In the above PowerShell script, the Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet uses the parameter -FeatureName to specify the Hyper-V feature and enable the Hyper-V feature. You will need to restart your computer, after the computer restarts, Hyper-V will be enabled.

Conclusion

I hope the above article on how to check if the hyper-v is enabled using PowerShell is helpful to you.

The Get-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet in PowerShell is used to get details about the feature and to check their status if they are either enabled or disabled.

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