I’m having fun playing with Windows 7, and am pleasantly surprised at how well rounded and stable it is, especially for a Beta!  However, I wasn’t so happy when I found the Hyper-V remote management tools for Vista wouldn’t install! :(

However, I’ve found out that there is a version for Windows 7 – hoorah!  And I’ve also learnt that the update will be compatible with Hyper-V R2 when it’s released.  Double hoorah!

Of course, being a guy, I didn’t read the manual (well in this case, the blurb which precedes the download), which meant a few minutes hunting for a non-existent management tool!  What you must do, after installing the update, is turn the feature on in Windows.  So after installing the update:

  1. Go to Control Panel.
  2. In the Programs and Features area, click Turn Windows features on or off.
  3. If you are prompted by User Account Control to enable the Windows Features dialog box to open, click Continue.
  4. In the Windows Features dialog box, expand Remote Server Administration Tools.

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UPDATE – The version for the Windows 7 version can be found here (I haven’t updated the link for the Beta as it expires next month, so you should be using the RC by now!):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f6c62797-791c-48e3-b754-c7c0a09f32f3&displaylang=en