Compressing Hyper-V disk images (.vhd files)

How to compress Hyper-V disk images (.vhd files) >

1) Go to Server Manager.

2) Shutdown the Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Manager.

3) Select the VM and click Settings in the right hand pane.


4) Click the hard drive and select 'Edit'.


5) Select 'Compact' (default action) and click 'finish'.