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

This step-by-step tutorial will show you 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

Click on the Windows start menu button.
Type computer management.
Right-click on Computer Management > Run as administrator.
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.
Under System Tools, you double-click on Local Users and Groups to expand it.
Click on Groups.
In the right section, you double-click on Hyper-V Administrators.
A 'Hyper-V Administrators Properties' window will appear and here you click on the Add button in the bottom left corner of the window.
A 'Select Users' window will appear and here you type the username that you want to add to the Hyper-V administrators group.
Click on the Check names button.
If the correct [computer name + username] combination appears, you click on the OK button.
Click on the Apply button at the bottom of the 'Hyper-V Administrators Properties' window.
Click on the OK button.
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.