Windows
| ⚡ Requirement | Lima >= 2.2, QEMU |
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Running Windows guests is experimentally supported since Lima v2.2.
limactl start template:windows-2025
The user password is randomly generated and stored in the %USERPROFILE%\password.txt file in the VM.
Consider changing it after the first login.
For Windows server 2025, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is not required. However, there are some benefits if your VM has TPM. For example, you can install BitLocker disk encryption. In order to use TPM emulation on your VM, you need to install swtpm and set tpm: true on your yaml file.
Difference from Linux guests
- Several features are not implemented yet. See Caveats below.
Caveats
- Currently only Windows server 2025 (x86-64) is supported
- QEMU is the only VM driver that supports Windows guests
- Only plain mode is supported (no file mount, no dynamic port-forwarding)