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== Installing Hyper-V Integrated Services ==
Before installing Hyper-V integration Services into a guest operating system it is important to understand that some Windows operating systems ship Integration Services built in. Presently these operating systems are limited to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. These teo operating systems are able to detect the presence of the Hyper-V hypervisor and activate the Integration Services accordingly. Obviously, any Windows release which pre-dates the release of Hyper-V will be unaware that it is running on a hypervisor.
Despite the above caveat, it is still worth re-installing the Hyper-V Integration Services even on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista guests. the reasons for doing so are two-fold. Firstly, integration services bundled with the guest operating system installation media may not be the latest shipping version. Secondly, the version of the Integration Services bundled with the current versions these operating systems do not include the
== Configuring Hyper-V Integrated Services ==
