ruizpauker / linux-vm-tools

Hyper-V Linux Guest VM Enhancements

Information

Clone of github.com/microsoft/linux-vm-tools.

The original repository is archived, forking it here just in case the original is deleted.

Instructions

See this StackOverflow answer for more info.

In the linux guest

⚠️ Disable "Auto Login" if you enabled it.

in a terminal execute:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ruizpauker/linux-vm-tools/master/ubuntu/18.04/install.sh
sudo chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh

In the Windows host

In a Powershell console, execute:

Set-VM -VMName <your_vm_name> -EnhancedSessionTransportType HvSocket