Change Server 2012 display resolution inside of a Hyper-V VM?
2014-04
J. Scott Elblein
Running Server 2012 inside of a Hyper-V VM, clicking on "Display Settings" to try and change the screen resolution, but it says "The display settings can't be changed from a remote session".
Anyone know how to change the resolution?
The Ratzenator
I am trying to help out a very small business with a cost effective solution, but where users have to remote into their Windows 7 VM to do work so they do not save anything on the local Linux physical workstation. I was thinking about doing the following:
- Image the existing Windows 7 systems and use those licenses to create the VMs on the Hyper-V server
- Remove Windows 7 on the physical workstations and install the free Linux OS like Ubuntu or something comparable
- Then have the users remote into their Windows 7 VM from the Linux workstation at their desks
My question is, is this a possible solution and if so, how would I get the Ubuntu or some Linux variant to remote to the Windows 7 VM?
I will be installing Windows Server 2012 Essentials with Remote Web Access and I wouldn't know how to connect to that via a Linux OS. Could Rdesktop, TSclient, or Remmina do this for me?
Thanks