Directly accessing Hyper-V console via RDP

Question

I am wondering if there is a chance to directly connect to a VMs console via RDP. It seems the hyper-v manager is basicaly doing the same when connecting to a VMs console.

Solution 1

It is possible to remotely connect to VMs without starting the hyper-v manager.

The protocol is RDP-based, but it requires some additional extensions that are only usable by a couple clients. The one you get from Microsoft, and one Open Source client.

You have two choices Install the Hyper-V admin tools on your workstion and run the c:\program files\Hyper-V\{version}\vmconnect.exe. The exact filename may be different. On my Windows 8.1 system it is C:\Program Files\Hyper-V\6.2\vmconnect6.2.exe.

When using vmconnect you just specify the Hyper-V server and the name of the virtual machine.

If you don't want to your can't install the Hyper-V client tools on your machine as an alternative you can also download a build of freerdp. The freerdp client has the ability to connect to a hyper-v guest.

Solution 2

It is possible to connect to Hyper-V guest virtual machine directly through Remote Desktop by installing the Hyper-V Admin Tool for Windows 7.

Here are the links and more explanation.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/schadinio/archive/2010/07/09/installing-hyper-v-manager-on-windows-7.aspx

and

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7887

Comments

[Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007]

Seems the OP wants to RDP to the Console of the Windows box, not just to a regular RDP session.

[Zoredache]

You are wrong. RDP is the protocol used to connect to the Hyper-V guests. Which is why you can use freerdp to connect to hyper-v guests consoles before any guest OS has been installed.