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Not possible with Hyper V but there is a work around. You can access USB over network<br />
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<a href="http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64/archive/2008/07/16/usb-in-hyper-v-child.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64/archive/2008/07/16/usb-in-hyper-v-child.aspx</a><br />
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It is possible with VMware.
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Not possible with Hyper V but there is a work around. You can access USB over network

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64/archive/2008/07/16/usb-in-hyper-v-child.aspx [http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64/archive/2008/07/16/usb-in-hyper-v-child.aspx]

It is possible with VMware.

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The title says it all, I need to have one of my virtual machines access a USB port. &nbsp;I am running virtual machines in Hyper-V of Windows Server 2008 x64.
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The title says it all, I need to have one of my virtual machines access a USB port.  I am running virtual machines in Hyper-V of Windows Server 2008 x64.

How to configure USB port for Virtual Machine in Hyper V Manager?

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