March 2009
Discover how you can use the free VMC to Hyper-V Import tool to import and then modify VMC files, easing the process of migrating older virtual machines to Hyper-V.
With the release of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 and the recent release of Hyper-V Server 2008, people are starting to use Hyper-V for their test, development, and production environments. Creating virtual machines (VMs) with Hyper-V is very easy, and installing operating systems and applications in a virtual machine is as transparent as in the physical world. Many people, however, have existing VMs that were used with Virtual PC 2007 or Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.
Fortunately, these older VMs can be used with Hyper-V as well. But before that can occur, you must perform certain manual steps. At the very least, you need to attach the virtual hard disk (.vhd) files to the hard disk drives in Hyper-V. This requires creating a VM using the Hyper-V wizard, opening up the settings for the newly created VM, and then configuring the drives (probably IDE) with the virtual hard disk files.