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As previously noted, the root partition contains the ''Virtualization Stack''. This is a collection on of components which that provide a large amount of the Hyper-V functionality. The following diagram provides an abstract outline of the stack:

Operates in kernel mode (i.e . in the privileged CPU ring) and provides partition, memory and processor management for the virtual machines running in the child partitions. The Virtual Infrastructure Driver (Vid.sys) also provides the conduit for the components higher up the Virtualization Stack to communicate with the hypervisor.