How to share the clipboard between Windows Server 2008R2 and a guest running Ubuntu 12.04?

Question

I use Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and a guest running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

How can I share the clipboard between Windows Server 2008R2 and a guest running Ubuntu 12.04?

UPDATE

What protocols do I need to connect these machines? I'd like to press ctrl+c on Ubuntu, then press ctrl+v on Windows Server and copy text this way.

Nowdays I use WinSCP. So I create a file with the text and then copy this file. It is not easy and fast.

Solution

I think you mean "clipboard", not buffer. If that's the case, no Hyper-V doesn't provide clipboard integration. You would have to connect to the machine over a protocol that supports the clipboard, like RDP or VNC.

Comments

[Philip]

Buffer between what??

[novicegis]

between host system(Windows Server) and quest system (Linux). I can do it in Virtualbox. But i do not know how do it in Hyper-V.

[hookenz]

Are you talking about shared folders?

[novicegis]

How to set mouse integration in Ubuntu? Is it real?

[DanBig]

You need to install Hyper-V Integration services, which isn't possible for Ubuntu. A third party option is needed.

[TomTom]

@danbig Given that all that stuff is available in the kernel these days, why is it not possible to install the hyper-v integration components in ubuntu? All that stuff was moved into the linux kernel some time ago.

[Mike Nakis]

Because Mircosoft, that's why.