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Can’t install Hyper-V Management Tools on Windows Server 2019 if the machine/VM does not support virtualization

Can’t install Hyper-V Management Tools on Windows Server 2019 if the machine/VM does not support virtualization
 

I tried to install PowerShell Direct to manage docker containers but can't install the feature, trying to run:

PS C:\> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Management-PowerShell

 yields with error below:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Management-PowerShell
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature : One or several parent features are disabled so current feature can not be enabled.
At line:1 char:1
+ Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V- ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Dism.Commands.EnableWindowsOptionalFeatureCommand

Apparently this happens when the OS is running on a machine that does not support virtualization or the VM does not have nested virtualization enabled.

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