I always wind up having to look up one or two of these keyboard shortcuts when working in a Hyper-V environment, especially when the integration software isn’t installed yet. So here’s a quick list to help the rest of you out.
Standard: CTRL + ALT + DEL
VMC: CTRL + ALT + END
Displays the Task Manager or Windows Security dialog box on Windows (or logs in).
Standard: ALT + TAB
VMC: ALT + PAGE UP
Switches between programs from left to right.
Standard: ALT + SHIFT + TAB
VMC: ALT + PAGE DOWN
Switches between programs from right to left.
Standard: ALT + ESC
VMC: ALT + INSERT
Cycles through the programs in the order they were started.
Standard: CTRL + ESC
VMC: ALT + HOME
Displays the Windows Start menu.
Standard: N/A
VMC: CTRL + ALT + PAUSE
Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode.
Standard: N/A
VMC: CTRL + ALT + LEFT ARROW
Releases mouse and keyboard focus from the Virtual Machine Connection window.
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