Managing Hyper-V server from Windows 7

I’ve been running Windows 7 since the day beta 1 was released.

Although I’ve been very happy so far with Windows 7, it was frustrating not being able to manage Hyper-V natively.  The Hyper-V management tools which you can download from the Microsoft site are built for Windows Vista, and won’t install on Winodws 7.

Microsoft have now released a beta of the Remote Admin Tools for Windows 7.

All you need to do is:

1. Download the Remote Admin Tools for Windows 7
2. Install it
3. Go to: Control Panel => Programs and Features => Turn Windows features on or off
4. Go to: Remote Server Administration Tools => Role Administration Tools => Hyper-V Tools

Once you’ve done that, you’ll find the Hyper-V Manager in your local Admin Tools in Windows 7.

Tagged as: hyper-v, Microsoft Resources, windows7