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        Hyper-V R2 removes Start VM option from New VM wizard

Section(s): Management
Published on Jul 29, 2009.
Last Modified on Jun 07, 2009.
Last Modified by Robert Larson.
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Hyper-V R2 has removed the ability to start a VM during the creation wizard

Hyper-V R2 has removed the option to automatically start a VM after is is created with the New Virtual Machine wizard. To start a VM, you must create it and then select the Start option from the VM Actions Menu.

About Robert Larson

Robert Larson is the co-author of the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Resource Kit, and the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Resource kit, both published by Microsoft Press. Robert has over 20 years experience in the engineering and IT field. Currently an architect with Microsoft Consulting Services, Robert focuses on helping customers design and deploy optimized data center and server infrastructures using physical and virtual approaches. Robert has been working with various virtualization technologies for over 4 years and is a regular speaker at Microsoft TechEd conferences in the US and Europe on the Microsoft virtualization stack. Robert has also written whitepapers and delivered webcasts on virtualization technologies. You can visit Robert's blog