Hyper-V - wide screen resolutions?

There are two ways you can do this:

  1. Change the resolutions within the remote OS
  2. If connecting to a Windows OS, connect using Remote Desktop Connection instead of Hyper-V Viewer.

    Using RDP allows for more functionality including Client Screen Size, Audio, and Remote USB integration.


For the moment, the answer seems to be a resounding "you can't do that."

The Hyper-V virtual video card is an 8MB card that only supports the 4:3 resolutions you see in the video control panel.

These are the options I've looked at:

  1. Remote Desktop: This is the only choice if you want to stick with Hyper-V
  2. VMWare Player or Workstation: VMWare Workstation isn't free, but it offers very good display support, including 3D acceleration. It also dynamically resizes the display resolution based on your window size. (Drag the window and the resolution changes automatically to fit the window.)
  3. Virtualbox: free and open source

In the end, I chose to simply RDP in to my virtual machine. It's the simplest method that fits my needs.