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Is Virtual Machine Additions required with Hyper-V?

April 26, 2017additions Hyper-V Machine virtual

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Is Virtual Machine Additions required with Hyper-V?

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—In Virtual Server 2005, Virtual Machine Additions moved part of the VM processor into the host kernel. Hyper-V’s use of hardware-assisted virtualization makes that unnecessary. After the guest VM has been installed, you can optionally install integration components that add functions such as a data exchange service. For Windows Server 2003, integration components are necessary to get device drivers for Hyper-V’s synthetic devices.