New to Hyper-V

Dracula28

A question regarding Hyper-V. Lets say I have two virtual machines running on a host. I run both virtual machines in fullscreen. Is there any way I can quickly and swiftly change between the two guest machines and the host, by using a keyboard shortcut for example, or is there no such keyboard shortcut?

Bloogen

The limitations of the Hyper-V console on a personal test lab environment are one of the reasons I went back to VMware Workstation.

One potential method to achieve what you are mentioning is to go to the Hyper-V Management Console, right click on the host server name and go to Hyper-V Settings. On the Keyboard tab, choose "Use on the physical computer". This means keyboard shortcuts such as Alt+Tab in your case are run on the physical machine even when in full screen.

Of course this has the limitation of not being able to use the keyboard shortcuts in the VM...

Krunchi

Hyper-V Shortcuts I think this is what your looking for.

Dracula28

Well, I tried to press ctrl+alt+left arrow to release the mouse/keyboard from the guest, and have it back on the host, and then press alt+tab to switch between the different guests, but that did not pan out too well, as I lost picture on one of the guests. And the only way I was able to get it back was to reset the guest.

I guess I will just have to learn to live with minimizing and restoring the different guest windows.

sratakhin

You could use RDP instead of the Hyper-V console.

cruwl

Or just run the consoles in a smaller resolution? I can fit 2 or 3 consoles on my screen and its not that hard to move between them