u/callmestabby

Greetings!

I'm replacing a standalone workgroup 2016 Hyper-V server with a new 2025 host. I was hoping to utilize shared-nothing Live Migration for a zero-downtime move of the VMs, but turns out they need to be joined to an active directory domain, according to the error I received when trying to enable it in Hyper-V Manager.

That said, is there any way around this without joining the hosts to Active Directory, or possibly a third-party solution that can facilitate a live migration?

I've played with Starwind Converter, and though it works well, it still required the source VM to be shut down and destination VM to be powered on. Not a live no-downtime method.