Connect to Virtual Machine Fails

Question

Hello, I have a quick question about authentication in SCVMM console. We use non-privileged account on our local workstations where we use our SCVMM consoles (which has no access to SCVMM). When we open our console, SCVMM prompts for credentials, we provide
it our privileged account and get logged in. This works great until we try to connect to the console of a VM. The system tries to use our non-privileged credentials to open the console, which fails with Access Denied.  Is there anyway to make SCVMM use
the same account that we logged into the console as to also open the VM consoles?  Thanks.

Answer 1

This seems a bug wherein VirtualMachineViewer.exe process launches in the same security context with which you logged onto your workstation
Possible workaround is to create a new Definition that only allow viewing / receiving input and output from the Hyper-v virtual machines , To do this
Start Authorization manager (azman.mmc) on each Hyper-V hosts (in your cluster or host groups in SCVMM)
Open the InitalStore.xml document located within \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\
Expand out InitialSTore.xml, then Hyper-V Services, then Definitions.
Create a new definition ,specify the appropriate name and Click Add  | Move to  the "Tasks" section.  |  Click on the "operations" tab and select below given options to
"Allow input to VMs & Allow output from VMs &  View VMs configurations"
Hit OK to comeback to main definition page , here expand out Role Assignments, and right click the new definition, select "Assign users and Groups", then select "From Windows and Active Directory"
Add the users that need to open the console only for viewing VM's and opening the VM Viewer console.
Hopefully you will achieve what you expects :)
Thanks
~NY