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
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Click on the Windows start menu button.
- Type computer management.
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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.
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Under System Tools, you double-click on Local Users and Groups to expand it.
- Click on Groups.
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In the right section, you double-click on Hyper-V Administrators.
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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.
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Click on the Check names button.
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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.