How to add a user to the Hyper-V administrators group

This tutorial will show you step by step how to add a user to the Hyper-V administrators group on Windows 10 and 11.

Adding a user to the Hyper-V administrators group will allow non-administrators to control Hyper-V.

Members of the Hyper-V administrators group have complete and unrestricted access to all features of Hyper-V.

Add a user to the Hyper-V administrators group

  1. Click on the Windows start menu button.
    Windows start menu button
  2. Type computer management.
  3. Right-click on Computer Management > Run as administrator.
    Open Computer Management as administrator
  4. When the “User Account Control” window appears, you click Yes. Depending on your settings, you may need to enter the administrator password and then click Yes.
  5. Under System Tools, you double-click on Local Users and Groups to expand it.
    Open Local Users and Groups settings in Windows 10
  6. Click on Groups.
  7. In the right section, you double-click on Hyper-V Administrators.
    Open Hyper-V Administrators settings in Windows 10
  8. A “Hyper-V Administrators Properties” window will appear and here you click on the Add button in the bottom left corner of the window.
    Hyper-V Administrators Properties
  9. A “Select Users” window will appear and here you type the username that you want to add to the Hyper-V administrators group.
  10. Click on the Check names button.
    Add user to Hyper-V Administrators group
  11. If the correct [computer name + username] combination appears, you click on the OK button.
    Add user to Hyper-V Administrators group
  12. Click on the Apply button at the bottom of the “Hyper-V Administrators Properties” window.
  13. Click on the OK button.
  14. Restart your PC.

The user is now added to the Hyper-V administrators group and has complete and unrestricted access to all features of Hyper-V.