Using Hyper V Enhanced Session For Your Lync Lab
Using Hyper V Enhanced Session For Your Lync Lab In the past the lack of support for audio devices made it awkward to use Hyper-V as a Lync lab but with the new �Enhanced Session� capabilities it seems that your next Lync lab may run nicely on a Windows 8.1 Enterprise PC with Hyper-V Client. (Of course we are talking a tiny lab. and if it�s a tiny lab, can you even fit it on a Surface Pro 3?) Does Hyper-V Client Now Support Audio? Yes, it does. Just make sure you are running Windows 8.1 Enterprise or Server 2012 or newer inside the VM. And then turn on �Enhanced Session�: View | Enhanced Session. The Disconnect from the VM and Connect� again. Now you will get the �Enhanced Session� configuration window. Now click on �Show Options� | Local Resources | Settings and make sure �Play on the computer� and �Record from the computer� are enabled so a device is passed to the VM and Lync has audio devices. You can edit/save these settings later by going to the Hyper-V Manager, r...