Mohamed Yehia - SharePoint Matters

Situation

I am working on a Windows 7 x64 machine and I need to manage my virtual machines on a Hyper-V server that is part of a domain.

Problem

You can connect to a Hyper-V server using the Hyper-V manager, but you have to be part of the server’s domain.

Solution

After Bing-ing and Google-ing, (I don’t know why I still have to use both) I found the magic by John Howard, Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration Utility (a.k.a HVRemote). On the page you have a 10-guide that suits everybody's situation.

1. Download Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7
2. Download Hyper-V Remote Management Configuration Utility
3. Add your domain account to the Hyper-V server
4. Run the following scripts (from HVRemote 10 second guide)
   
   

   Where	Purpose	Command
   Server	Grant domain account access	cscript hvremote.wsf /add:domain\account Restart server if this is the first time an account has been added
   Client	Set credentials for domain account	cmdkey /add:servername /user:domain\account /pass
   Client	Set firewall exception	cscript hvremote.wsf /mmc:enable
   Both	Verify configuration for errors	cscript hvremote.wsf /show /target:othercomputername

    

Don’t forget to update the account credentials when its password expires.

Virtualize Remotely!

Mohamed Yehia