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A tabbed UI for Microsoft's Hyper-V

License: MIT License

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hyper-v manager

vmplex-ws's Introduction

VMPlex Workstation

A modern, tabbed UI for Hyper-V.

Features

Tabbed view for connected virtual machines including support for enhanced mode.
Manager tab for viewing and controlling available virtual machines.
Debugger launching in the spirit of VirtualKD.
Some management features of Hyper-V:
- Hyper-V settings
- Creating, deleting and configuring virtual machnes.
- Virtual switch configuration
- Disk editing
- Thumbnail views
- Checkpoints support

Quick Start

Make sure the Hyper-V windows feature is enabled.
Download VMPlex and place where you like.
Add your user to the Hyper-V Administrators group or run VMPlex as administrator.

User Settings

User settings are stored in vmplex-settings.json. It is generated and managed by the application. You may edit the settings at runtime. The settings are documented here.

Debugger Launch Support

Debugger launch support is configured via the settings file. When attempting to launch the debugger for a VM, if configuration is missing, you will be prompted to fill out the required information. Here is an example configuration:

{
  "Debugger": "windbgx",
  "VirtualMachines": [
    {
      "Guid": "ECD89D3D-77C7-4AFC-B0B5-ACAAF1F83EE0",
      "Name": "Win10",
      "DebuggerArguments": "-k net:port=50001,key=1.2.3.4 -T win10",
      "RdpSettings": {
        "DefaultEnhancedSession": false,
        "AudioRedirectionMode": "None",
        "DesktopWidth": 1600,
        "DesktopHeight": 1200
      }
    },
    {
      "Guid": "17B91C63-0F95-4B07-996C-24F5DCF7E46A",
      "Name": "Win11",
      "DebuggerArguments": "",
      "RdpSettings": {
        "DefaultEnhancedSession": true,
        "RedirectClipboard": true,
        "AudioRedirectionMode": "Redirect",
        "AudioCaptureRedirectionMode": false,
        "RedirectDrives": false,
        "RedirectDevices": false,
        "RedirectSmartCards": false,
        "DesktopWidth": 1024,
        "DesktopHeight": 768
      }
    }
  ]
}

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vmplex-ws's Issues

Add button for Ctrl+Alt+Delete

VMPlex toolbar could do with a button to send Ctrl+Alt+Delete to the virtual machine, similar to this:

[Feature Request] Connect to remote Hyper-V servers

Connecting to remote Hyper-V servers with WinRM would be very useful, this would be great extension to the tool.

double clicking column header crashes the app

This is probably due to the persisting of the column widths.

Add a shortcut key for switching between multiple virtual machines

For example: Ctrl + Alt + ←→

This can be very useful and convenient in some cases.

[Feature request] detect when VM is running in Shielded mode

When VM is running in Shielded mode, basic session mode can't be used. the default Hyper-V UI shows this:

but VMplex-ws shows this:

no messages.

so, I suggest disabling basic session mode entirely for Shielded VMs and only allow Enhanced session mode to be used. there can be a pop-up message as well informing the user about this.

[Feature request] add colors to the toolbar buttons

For example, when VM is on, this button should ideally be green showing that VM is on, when VM is off, it can be in red colors

the rest of the buttons can have colors too for better visibility and recognition.
Thanks

linux support or not. Currently look at your screenshots only for Windows system

Keyboard release shortcut

It would be nice to have a keyboard release shortcut.
For example, when you're workong on a VM, but you want to quickly switch to using the host OS, you can use something like ctrl+alt+left_arrow to give control of the keyboard back to the host OS.

[Feature request] Add an option to enable Nested Virtualization for VMs

it'd be great if there was an option in the UI to enable Nested Virtualization for each VM.

Set-VMProcessor -VMName "Name of the VM" -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $true

I really like this app and I think it can turn into a great alternative to Hyper-V's GUI which is old.

Crash when no VMs are in Hyper-V

[Feature Request] digitally sign executable

Please consider a digital signature for the VMPlex executable. SmartScreen does not like unsigned executables.

[Feature Request] add vmplex to the Winget repository

Please add vmplex-ws to the Winget repository for easy installation and updating.
Ideally i'd rather install and update it through Windows store but not sure if you need to pay to publish in there and if portable programs are supported.
I think doing either of these will make things easier for users.

Winget supports portable software:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/

by installation, I mean copying the executable to a local directory and add its icon to the start menu.