Microsoft releases Beta of Virtual Machine Converter plug-in for vSphere Client

Microsoft has announced that a beta version of its Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client version 1.0 is available on Microsoft Connect.

The tool which is a Solution Accelerator is a plug-in for the vSphere Client which works in conjunction with the Release Candidate of the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter tool which is also available through Microsoft Connect. Virtualization.info covered the release of the beta of the MVMC in April this year, providing an overview of its capabilities. In the RC Microsoft added Windows Server 2012 as target host platform.

The plug-in extends the vSphere Client (either 4.1 or 5.0) context menu in order to make integrate the conversion of VMware based Virtual Machines to Microsoft Hyper-V based Virtual Machines.