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      alex.olynyk
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      We use software called Phone Tree and the softwares phone dialing device is attached to USB. Problem is its installed on a Hyper-V VM and USB is not available in a VM from what I can see. I called the vendor and they said we would need an Anywhere USB device that will make the software see the dialing device in a virtual environment. Anywhere USB device is about $330. Is this my only option if I want USB available in a VM?

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        stacksofplates @alex.olynyk
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        @alex.olynyk said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

        We use software called Phone Tree and the softwares phone dialing device is attached to USB. Problem is its installed on a Hyper-V VM and USB is not available in a VM from what I can see. I called the vendor and they said we would need an Anywhere USB device that will make the software see the dialing device in a virtual environment. Anywhere USB device is about $330. Is this my only option if I want USB available in a VM?

        You can't do USB passthrough with Hyper-V?

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          DustinB3403
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          @stacksofplates said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

          You can't do USB passthrough with Hyper-V?

          You should be able to, it's rather simple in Hyper-V from what I recall.

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            DustinB3403
            last edited by DustinB3403

            You should be able to use USB to IP appliance, but for this all usb's that need to be shared would be connected to a separate server system.

            Say a Linux or Windows server.

            Here's an open source tool to do just this.

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              JaredBusch @DustinB3403
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              @DustinB3403 said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

              @stacksofplates said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

              You can't do USB passthrough with Hyper-V?

              You should be able to, it's rather simple in Hyper-V from what I recall.

              USB passthrough for disks is completely different than USB passthrough for random device X

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                JaredBusch @alex.olynyk
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                @alex.olynyk said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

                We use software called Phone Tree and the softwares phone dialing device is attached to USB. Problem is its installed on a Hyper-V VM and USB is not available in a VM from what I can see. I called the vendor and they said we would need an Anywhere USB device that will make the software see the dialing device in a virtual environment. Anywhere USB device is about $330. Is this my only option if I want USB available in a VM?

                I highly recommend moving to one though because then the VM is not tied to a specific physical server. You can then DR from anywhere you need to spin up the server.

                I have not used this unit yet, but I have heard others say how well it works.

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                  stacksofplates @JaredBusch
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                  @JaredBusch said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

                  @DustinB3403 said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

                  @stacksofplates said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

                  You can't do USB passthrough with Hyper-V?

                  You should be able to, it's rather simple in Hyper-V from what I recall.

                  USB passthrough for disks is completely different than USB passthrough for random device X

                  Ah ok. I've seen places where people have passed through USB modems and such (on KVM). I just figured the whole device was passed through.

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                    alex.olynyk
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                    Thanks everyone. I think I may go with Anywhere USB

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                      bbigford
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                      Not sure if this is EXACTLY what you're looking for... but you can do Enchanced Sessions. It acts like RDP so you can do pass through services.

                      I'll get a picture...

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                        bbigford
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                        Right-click your Hyper-V server and go to Hyper-V Settings. Under "Server" (not user... it's not the same thing) > Enhanced Session Mode Policy > Allow enhanced session mode.

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                          alex.olynyk
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                          Both of those setting were enabled. Didnt work.

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                            bbigford @alex.olynyk
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                            @alex.olynyk said in USB Not Available in Hyper-V VM:

                            Both of those setting were enabled. Didnt work.

                            Well it was worth a look. Are they on a private adapter? That's probably why. Mine are not external, but they are internal, so the host can pass things through. Private is completely cut off from the host.

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                              alex.olynyk
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                              external adapter

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