I've created a sidebar gadget so I can see what the Hyper-V server is doing from my workstation.
The gadget can list multiple servers at once and also support vmconnect when double clicking on a VM.
PS: The gadget uses WMI to connect to the server so the user need remote WMI access (Step 5) on the Hyper-V server.

Version 3.5 is now available!

Version 3.5 now includes custom credentials support per server.
You can now use the gadget on multiple servers that require different domains\credentials.

The syntax is:
host
user/pass/host
domain\user/pass/host

The initial release had a very good response from all over the world!
I've actually had visits from more than 60 different countries the last week and seen the gadget been written about in blogs from China, Korea, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.

The latest gadget version has been bumped from 2.3 up to 3.0 with the introduction of the new VM Control feature.
This new feature allows you to control your VM's directly from the gadget without having to open Hyper-V Manager.
Hyper-V Manager installation is being autodetected now so you don't need to locate and select the vmconnect.exe anymore.

PS: If you click on the gadget before holding the mouse over the VM Control buttons, you will see the description for the button.

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