Installing Hyper-V Integration Services

Hyper-V Integration Services include the followings:

 

  • Drivers

  • Mouse

  • Windows Services

    • System Shutdown

    • Time Synchronization

    • Data Exchange

    • Heartbeat

    • Backup

 

To install hyper-v integration services:

 

  1. Remove Windows Server 2008 installation DVD from virtual machine's DVD drive.

 

To remove DVD, on the Media menu, point to DVD Drive, and then click Eject (file name.iso).

 

  1. On the Action menu, click Insert Integration Services Setup Disk.
    The installation is started and takes few minutes to complete.

 

You must restart your system once the installation of Hyper-V Integration Services is completed.

 

If the installation is completed successfully then you can:

 

  • Use mouse to work with Virtual Machine

  • Connect Virtual Machine to the network

  • View the special Hyper-V Windows services running on Guest OS

 

Installing Hyper-V Integration Services