http://blogs.technet.com/gbordier/archive/tags/networking/default.aspxTags: networkingen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/gbordier/archive/2008/06/30/how-to-use-a-smartcard-within-a-virtual-machine.aspxMon, 30 Jun 2008 22:32:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3081069gbordier0http://blogs.technet.com/gbordier/comments/3081069.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/gbordier/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3081069<P>As you may know If you see Microsoft field people from time to time,&nbsp;we cannot stay unconnected from the Microsoft internal network (also known as CorpNet, &nbsp;so Big Brother of us huh?) for long. Our VPN is protected with a SmartCard using only Microsoft technology of course. So my next step is to make my Virtual Machine "see" my smartcard reader.</P> <P>Neither Virtual PC, Virtual Server nor Hyper-V know how to redirect a USB port, si two solutions remain:</P> <UL> <LI>use the old, dusty serial smartcard my buddy Jean-Yves "mustache" Grasset once gave me and which I had to fight my wife for during the last "clean the house" event,</LI> <LI>or remember that ... well ... Terminal Service does redirect the SmartCard itself to the TS !</LI></UL> <P>Since my "CorpNet VM" know has access to the Internet wherever I go I can enable "remote desktop" and TS in, use my smartcard and Voilà!</P> <P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P> <P mce_keep="true">&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3081069" width="1" height="1">networking