Pro Microsoft Hyper-V 2019: Practical Guidance and Hands-On Labs

© Andy Syrewicze, Richard Siddaway 2018

Andy Syrewicze and Richard SiddawayPro Microsoft Hyper-V 2019https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4116-5_5

5. Managing and Maintaining Hyper-V Integration Services

Andy Syrewicze¹  and Richard Siddaway²

(1)

Jenison, MI, USA

(2)

Baston, Lincolnshire, UK

 

Over the last several chapters, you’ve learned about creating and working with virtual machines (VMs). You’ve also learned that in order to facilitate some of the advanced functionality that Hyper-V provides, the guest operating system (inside a VM) must pass information to the hypervisor. Owing to the separation that virtualization provides, how does this process occur?

This function is performed by a component called Guest Integration Services. These services conduct ...