File: desktop/windows/install.md
Supported Operating systems
Windows 11
Windows 10
(Windows Server is not supported).
Hyper-V backend and Windows containers
Windows 11 64-bit: Pro version 21H2 or higher, or Enterprise or Education version 21H2 or higher.
Windows 10 64-bit: Pro 21H1 (build 19043) or higher, or Enterprise or Education 20H2 (build 19042) or higher.
For Windows 10 and Windows 11 Home, see the system requirements in the WSL 2 backend tab.
Hyper-V and Containers Windows features must be enabled.
The following hardware prerequisites are required to successfully run Client Hyper-V on Windows 10**/Windows 11**:
64 bit processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
4GB system RAM
BIOS-level hardware virtualization support must be enabled in the BIOS settings. For more information, see Virtualization.
Note
Docker only supports Docker Desktop on Windows for those versions of Windows 10**/Windows 11** that are still within Microsoft’s servicing timeline.
File: desktop/windows/install.md
Supported Operating systems
Windows 11
Windows 10
(Windows Server is not supported).
Hyper-V backend and Windows containers
Windows 11 64-bit: Pro version 21H2 or higher, or Enterprise or Education version 21H2 or higher.
Windows 10 64-bit: Pro 21H1 (build 19043) or higher, or Enterprise or Education 20H2 (build 19042) or higher.
For Windows 10 and Windows 11 Home, see the system requirements in the WSL 2 backend tab.
Hyper-V and Containers Windows features must be enabled.
The following hardware prerequisites are required to successfully run Client Hyper-V on Windows 10**/Windows 11**:
64 bit processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
4GB system RAM
BIOS-level hardware virtualization support must be enabled in the BIOS settings. For more information, see Virtualization.
Note
Docker only supports Docker Desktop on Windows for those versions of Windows 10**/Windows 11** that are still within Microsoft’s servicing timeline.