How does Windows manage Dynamic Device Assignment in virtualized environments like Hyper-V?

[ProfRon]

You know how sometimes you want a VM in Hyper-V to grab a real hardware piece straight from the host? Windows handles that through Dynamic Device Assignment. It lets you yank a device like a network card or storage controller away from the main machine. Then it hands it over directly to the virtual machine. I think it's cool because the VM talks to the hardware without the host messing around. You set it up by stopping the host first. Pick the device in the Hyper-V manager. Disown it from the host's view. Assign it to your VM. Boom, the VM owns it now. Windows makes sure the host doesn't touch it anymore. If you need to switch it back, you reverse the steps. Just reboot the host and reclaim the device. It keeps things isolated. No sharing glitches. I once did this for a GPU passthrough. The VM flew with that direct access. You might try it for high-speed needs. Windows watches over the whole swap to avoid crashes. It checks compatibility before letting go. Pretty slick, right?

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