Access USB in Virtual Machine Without Limitations

What is USB Virtualization?

USB virtualization is a much-needed answer to a very popular question: how to attach USB to a virtual machine? In a nutshell, it’s creating full-fledged virtual copies of real USB in virtual machines, so that you can access any device attached to it, as if it was connected to your VM directly.

As practicable and convenient as virtualization is, its use in a virtual environment is fraught with difficulties that any user will inevitably have to deal with.

The Problem of USB Virtualization:

When working with virtualization products for servers you can face a major issue. I.e. such virtualization programs as VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, and others do not feature USB ports in virtual machines. As a result, you can't use USB devices (security dongles, smart cards, etc.) physically plugged into a host computer on virtual servers as virtual USB hardware.

How to Solve USB Passthrough to VMs

Whenever you need to add USB to virtual machines (both servers and workstations) so that during your VM sessions you’re able to access any USB device plugged into the host’s USB ports, USB Network Gate is just the app you’ve been looking for. Using its super-handy toolset, you can easily interact with USB peripherals from a guest OS running in any popular hypervisor, i.a. VMware ESX, Citrix XenDesktop, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Virtual PC, QEMU (KMV), etc.

USB Network Gate provides USB passthrough to guest OSes running on Virtual Server. The OS will treat this USB device as a real one and you can work with it as if it were connected directly to your Virtual Machine.