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Tips and tricks for USB support with Hyper-V

To connect CAC readers for loging on to sites and apps or a portal that require CAC logon. I have not found a way and would love to read any advice on how to get this to work.

I looked in to the referenced product on the Digi site and printed the data sheet. It appears that all of the models support USB 2.0 only at 1.1 speeds. I think that this deserves to be noted as it rules out applications that would require 2.0 speeds. Don't get me wrong; these are cool products, just not as versatile as one would like.

There is a free program called USB Redirector which can establish a connection to a Virtual Machine, from a usb device such as a license key.

I wanted to build a Server 2012 VM. W8 now has Hyper-V included and W8 (and 2012 Server) can mount ISO files direct, Solution to boot an ISO without needing to cut a DVD
1. Mount the ISO into the W8 file system (this is brillilant) as a drive
2. "Capture" the new drive from the Hyper V console
3 . VM them boots!

This couldn't be simpler actually

USB Redirector is not free. The 15-day evaluation is free.