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title: "Microsoft Hyper-V VM Console"
description: "From within the VM console, you can easily isolate the root cause of VM performance problems and execute management tasks — for example, restart an unresponsive VM."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/one/userguide/hyperv_console.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Hyper-V Monitoring > Microsoft Hyper-V VM Console"
dateModified: "2026-10-23"
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# Microsoft Hyper-V VM Console

From within the VM console, you can easily isolate the root cause of VM performance problems and execute management tasks — for example, restart an unresponsive VM.

This option requires no additional software installed on the Veeam ONE server and is available for both Window-based and Linux-based OS’s.

## Prerequisites

To access the console of a Linux-based VM, you must download PuTTY.exe and provide path to it in [Veeam ONE Client client settings](other_settings.md).

## Accessing VM Console

You can access the VM console right from the Veeam ONE Client interface:

1. Open Veeam ONE Client.

   For details, see [Accessing Veeam ONE Components](access.md).

2. At the bottom of the inventory pane, click **Virtual Infrastructure**.
3. In the inventory pane, select the necessary VM.
4. Open the **Console** tab.

[![VM Console](images/hyperv_accessing_vm_console.png "VM Console")](images/hyperv_accessing_vm_console.png){.toggle scale=50}

You can use buttons at the top of the **Console** tab to change the VM power state:

- **Power on** — powers on a VM if it is powered off. Resumes a VM if it is paused.
- **Power off** — shuts down the guest OS and powers off a VM.
- **Hard reset** — resets a VM without waiting for the guest OS and VM processes to stop. It is recommended to use this option only if you want to reboot a stuck or unresponsive VM.
- **Full screen** — switches between the full screen mode and a separate window running the VM console.
- **Send Ctrl+Alt+Del** — sends the **[Ctrl+Alt+Del]** command to a VM.

To access the VM console or change the VM power state, you can also right-click the VM in the inventory pane and use one of the following shortcut menu commands:

- To access the VM using Windows Remote Desktop Connection, choose **Remote Management > Connect to VM**.
- To change the VM power state, choose **Remote Management** and click the necessary command.
- To send the [Ctrl+Alt+Del] command to the VM, choose **Send Ctrl+Alt+Del**. Note that this command is only available if the **VM Console** tab is active.