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    Is it possible to join a HomeGroup when WHS 2011 is running under Hyper-V?
    Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:02 AM

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    On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:02:47 +0000, tbjerret wrote:

    Is it possible to join a HomeGroup when WHS 2011 is running under Hyper-V?

    Running an OS in a virtual machine is exactly the same as it is when
    running on physical hardware.

    Paul Adare
    MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
    http://www.identit.ca
    To be, or not to be, those are the parameters.

    Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:36 PM

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    On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:02:47 +0000, tbjerret wrote:

    Is it possible to join a HomeGroup when WHS 2011 is running under Hyper-V?

    Running an OS in a virtual machine is exactly the same as it is when
    running on physical hardware.

    Paul Adare
    MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
    http://www.identit.ca
    To be, or not to be, those are the parameters.

    Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:36 PM
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    Thank you. Well, if it is that easy, I'll have to look at my network configuration. My network adapter is bridged to a wireless USB adapter on the host (a wireless WS2008 R2), and that could be the reason. But I think that's my only way to obtain a wireless virtual machine - as things are. Maybe the wireless USB adapter was a bad idea.
    Friday, March 11, 2011 9:02 AM
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    Yes I confirm it's 100% possible.

     

    My WHS 2011 run under Hyper-V core server and provide homegroups for all my network: 

    My main desk computer, a laptop and a Win7 running on the same Hyper-V that WHS

     

    I think so that Wireless USB is a bad idea since Hyper-V doesn't support USB device. But It may see the network adaptator if you're running Hyper-V under a full Win Server 2008 R2

    (I shall try a usb wireless stick on my hyper-V core to see how it react)

    Monday, March 14, 2011 3:00 PM
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    Yes I confirm it's 100% possible.

     

    My WHS 2011 run under Hyper-V core server and provide homegroups for all my network: 

    My main desk computer, a laptop and a Win7 running on the same Hyper-V that WHS

     

    I think so that Wireless USB is a bad idea since Hyper-V doesn't support USB device. But It may see the network adaptator if you're running Hyper-V under a full Win Server 2008 R2

    (I shall try a usb wireless stick on my hyper-V core to see how it react)

    Thank you. Does your WHS have its own network adapter? That is: your core server has two adapters. That's the recommended setup, I believe.

    I'm bridging my two connections (there is only one adapter on the WS 2008 R2), but sharing the connection could be another solution.

    Monday, March 14, 2011 5:22 PM
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    I use only one NIC on my server. The server as 2 NIC installed, but all is configured on one card

    Hyper-V host and 3 guests (WHS2011 - Win7 - Linux Debian) are sharing access to this only NIC ... and all works pretty great over Gbit network

    Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:21 AM
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    I am having a similar issue in that I have a homegroup set up, 5 windows 7 physical machines belong to the home group, but when I try to configure homegroup in WHS 2011 dashboard, it says that none exist on the network and asks me if I want to create one.  I have a WHS 2011 Hyper-v VM running on Windows 2008 R2 standard using the Hyper-V role.  Otherwise it works perfect, configured using one NIC (Gigabit), network discovery on and functioning properly.  Able to pick up WHS 2 on my PS3 and play movies/music.  The homegroup function isn't a must have, but I am curious as to why it isn't recognized.  Come to think of it, when I create a regular win 2008 R2 VM, in Network and Sharing, there is no option for joining a homegroup.  I am thinking it has something to do with domain/workgroup, but not sure.
    Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:19 AM
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    In my case the HomeGroup connection would simply hang. Did you check that your WHS 2011 is on the same subnet as the win7'es
    Thursday, March 24, 2011 8:26 AM
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    I am having a similar issue in that I have a homegroup set up, 5 windows 7 physical machines belong to the home group, but when I try to configure homegroup in WHS 2011 dashboard, it says that none exist on the network and asks me if I want to create one.  I have a WHS 2011 Hyper-v VM running on Windows 2008 R2 standard using the Hyper-V role.  Otherwise it works perfect, configured using one NIC (Gigabit), network discovery on and functioning properly.  Able to pick up WHS 2 on my PS3 and play movies/music.  The homegroup function isn't a must have, but I am curious as to why it isn't recognized.  Come to think of it, when I create a regular win 2008 R2 VM, in Network and Sharing, there is no option for joining a homegroup.  I am thinking it has something to do with domain/workgroup, but not sure.

    You may first check if the service "homegroup listener" is launched

    After that, go to the file explorer => Right clics ont Homegroups => Start the homegroup Troubleshooter

    Friday, March 25, 2011 9:23 AM
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    Thank You - Not sure what happened, but I went into Network and SHaring and the option to join a homegroup was there and allwed me to join the homegroup with no problem.
    Saturday, March 26, 2011 6:26 PM