Running and Connecting to a VM
Hyper-V runs virtual machines entirely outside of Windows 8. They’re not desktop applications as they were with Virtual PC. To “see” a virtual machine, you use the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection program, which is a version of the Remote Desktop connection program that knows how to find VMs on your own computer or other computers.
It’s easiest to start from the Hyper-V Manager, which you can run from the Start screen (or if you pinned it to the taskbar, from the desktop).
In the Virtual Machines list, select the VM that you want to start, and from the Actions menu or in the section below the left Actions panel, select Connect. This will display a Remote Desktop–like window that shows that the computer is turned ...
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