1. Install “Remote Server Administration Tools” for Windows 7 from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7d2f6ad7-656b-4313-a005-4e344e43997d&displaylang=en
2. Navigate to Start > Control Panel >Programs > Turn Windows Features On or Off.
3. Select the Hyper-V Tools
4. Click OK for it to install these tools under Start > Administrative Tools
5. Add a CNAME for your server in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6. On the server, enable “MMC Remote Management”
7. Also enable remote desktop, to make it easier to connect to the server console if settings need to be changed. This is option 7 in the main menu on the screen above.
8. Add a Local Administrator with the same user name as the account on the Windows 7 Client machine. This is option 3 in the main menu on the screen above.
9. Preferably, set a static IP address for the server, to make it easier to find it every time you need to manage it. This is under option 8 in the main menu on the screen above.
10. Run the following commands on the server
a. netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)" new enable=yes
b. net localgroup "Distributed COM Users" /add “username” (without quotes)
11. Run the following commands in an Administrative Mode Command Prompt on the Windows 7 Client machine.
a. netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)" new enable=yes
b. netsh firewall add allowedprogram program=%windir%\system32\mmc.exe name="Microsoft Management Console
c. net localgroup "Distributed COM Users" /add “username” (without quotes)
12. Launch the Component Services mmc snapin and navigate to Component Services > Computers > My Computer > Right Click > Properties.
13. Under the COM Security tab, select Edit Limits under Access Permissions
14. Enable Remote Access for Anonymous Logon
15. Launch the Hyper-V Management Console and add the server you just provisioned.
