Was that the reason why my attempt failed? Also I failed with SBS2011 too even though it is essentially Windows 2008R2 which is in the list of 'Supported Operating System'. I don't see Windows 7 in the list of 'Supported Operating System'. NET Framework 4 if you install MVMC on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 operating systems Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2īefore you install Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC), you must install the following software on the computer on which you want to run MVMC:

Having said that, I read the following on Microsoft website: But my attempt was not successful on either OS. Once this tool is installed on physical Windows 7 or SBS2011 computers, I could create respective virtual machines on an existing Hyper-V server across the network. Now regarding Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter: My understanding was that this was one step process. But I was able to convert both desktop OS and server OS. On a large size of OS such as SBS2011, it was time consuming because I had to wait for the time to create VHDX on an external USB HD and copy VHDX file to Hyper-V server. I found it reliable even though it is basically 2-step process. I have used Disk2vhd to create VHDX file from a standalone/physical Windows 7 and SBS2011 and created VMs in Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V by choosing 'existing virtual hard disk'. First let me share with you my experience with each. I just wanted to understand the differences between Disk2vhd and Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0.

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