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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.

balexandre
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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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Oskar Duveborn
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  • I never been fan of powershell but got the remote server to work, though I would really prefer a vmware web console alike: http://www.balexandre.com/temp/2010-05-20_1051.png – balexandre May 20 '10 at 08:51
  • Yeah well, Hyper-V is basically made to be managed by SCVMM instead - a bit like managing vmware vsphere with the web console isn't the best way, using virtual center is. – Oskar Duveborn May 20 '10 at 09:46