Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar Updated

This is a neat little tool:

Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar

We can start, stop, reset VMs on Hyper-V, or even double click on one to bring up a VM console session.

It is a really kewl tool!!

Some of its features from Tore’s blog:

• Hyper-V Monitor title
  Double click on the title to launch the Hyper-V Manager*.
• Host title
  Double click on the host title to launch a new Remote Desktop connection to the host.
• Host title RAM amount
  Displays the RAM amount the host has left.
• VM title
  Double click to launch VMConnect* to the VM.
• VM Status
  Displaying the status of the VM in both color and text.
• VM Control
  Hover over the status to get a set of buttons for the current VM. (Start, Turn Off, Shut Down and Save)
• Large Size (Undocked)
  You can make the gadget bigger by using the Large Size (Windows 7) or Undock it from the sidebar (Vista).

It can be had from here: MINDRE.NET Tore Lervik: Hyper-V Monitor Gadget for Windows Sidebar.

Our original post: Hyper-V Gadget for Windows Vista Sidebar.

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists

*All Mac on SBS posts will not be written on a Mac until we replace our now missing iMac!

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