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Microsoft Hyper-V keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 1/15/2021 on
https://defkey.com/microsoft-hyper-v-shortcuts

Microsoft Hyper-V is a virtualization software classed as native
hypervisor. It can create virtual machines running Windows and Linux. It
comes with Windows Server and Windows 10 Pro.

Microsoft Hyper-V has 12 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Send shortcuts to virtual machine guest OS
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Press the hotkey (leftmost column) to send the indicated keyboard shortcut.

Ctrl + Alt + End        Send Ctrl + Alt + Del. Displays Task Manager or Windows Security dialog box
Alt + Page Up           Send Alt + Tab. Switches between programs
Alt + Page Down         Send Alt + Shift + Tab. Switches between programs in reverse order
Alt + Insert            Send Alt + Esc. Cycle between programs in the order they started
Alt + Home              Send Ctrl + Esc. Opens the Windows Start Menu


Hyper-V shortcuts
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Ctrl + Alt + Pause      Toggle connection window full-screen mode
Ctrl + Alt + Left arrow Release mouse and keyboard focus from the connection window
Ctrl + O                Open the settings for the virtual machine
Ctrl + S                Start the virtual machine
Ctrl + N                Create a checkpoint
Ctrl + E                Revert to a checkpoint
Ctrl + C                Take a screen capture


Note
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By default, keyboard shortcuts with Windows key don't sent to Hyper-V
virtual machine. This can be changed in Hyper-V Manager under Hyper-V
Settings > Keyboard > Use on the virtual machine. Ctrl + Alt + Del will
always go to host machine no matter what setting you have selected here.

Source: MicrosoftDocs at GitHub


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