Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
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Sharing USB devices between a laptop and VM
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Freeman, Greggory
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Background:
We have a windows 2016 server host running Hyper-V. We have multiple VM's built in the Hyper-V VM Manager on this host. I connect to the nested VM directly from my laptop with RDP. I need to make a USB device plugged into my laptop be seen by the VM I am connected to. The caveat is it is not a drive and needs to be recognized in the VM OS as an attached USB device not a drive.
I have Enhanced Session Mode enable on the Hype-V Manager.
When I connect to the VM workstation using RDP I have all the resources allowed to be accessed.
When I log into the VM the USB device is not available in the VM. Even if I connect an external drive it is not available in the VM.
Any Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Gregg
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jakaruna-MSFT 601 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2020-03-17T13:08:06.867+00:00 Will you consider using a file share to store the files?
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