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This question might look like a duplicate but I checked and actually this should not be the case. Here I want to be able to connect a USB device (not a hard drive, but a tablet, a phone or an mp3 player) to my Hyper-V guest Windows OS. Other questions focuses on how to connect a USB hard drive.

System info I am running Hyper-V Manager 6.2 on host Windows Server 2012. Guest OS is Windows Server 2012 R2.

Connecting a tablet

Looks like there is no way in the Settings... section of a VM to attach USB devices. I have an Android tablet I need to connect to my Windows guest OS, but I cannot get it done.

I searched and looks like there are USB redirectors out there but no Microsoft solutions! Is it possible? Is there really no Microsoft authored solution for connecting USB devices to a VM?

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  • Which version of Hyper-V are you using (what's the host OS)?
    – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
    Commented Jan 2, 2015 at 13:46
  • I edited the question.
    – Andry
    Commented Jan 2, 2015 at 14:15
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    Cool. Do you have Enhanced Session Mode enabled?
    – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
    Commented Jan 2, 2015 at 14:17
  • Your use case sounds desktop virtualization-ish. I suggest you use VirtualBox or VMware Player (or maybe even Workstation). They are vastly superior to Hyper-V in this area.
    – Daniel B
    Commented Jan 2, 2015 at 14:24
  • @Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007: I do not really know, let me check...
    – Andry
    Commented Jan 2, 2015 at 15:18

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