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balexandre
Asked: 2010-05-20 23:26:38 +0800 CST

Virtual Hyper-V Windows 2008 R2 Server Web Console

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Where and How can I enable the Virtual Hyper-V Windows 2008 R2 Server Web Console?

The IIS is only set up as the default content, nothing more than that.

Just to avoid using Remote Connection every time I need to start / end a VM.

Thanks.

hyper-v virtual-machines interface windows-server-2008-r2

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  1. Best Answer

    There is none. To manage Hyper-V from say a Windows 7 client you simply install the appropriate Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) and use the included Hyper-V Management Console to connect to your Hyper-V server. The RSAT pack is available for Vista, Server 2008 and 2008 R2 as well.

    There is at least one ongoing project to develop a third party web console but it doesn't look very useful yet. If this is something people would be interested in however I've thought about doing it recently - though if it can't be run properly on the pure Hyper-V Server it doesn't feel as cool, requiring a separate web server (unless it's bundled with a text-based UI for initial VM setup/management ^^)

    You can also just simply use the local (R2 only) or remote powershell console to manage VMs thanks to James O’Neill's neat Powershell library for this.

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