You can connect and disconnect removable devices in a virtual machine. What to read next Use a Removable Device in a Virtual MachineYou can connect and disconnect removable devices in a virtual machine. You can also change the settings for a removable device by modifying virtual machine settings. Connecting USB Devices to Virtual MachinesWhen a virtual machine is running, its window is the active window. If you plug a USB device into the host system, the device connects to the virtual machine instead of the host by default. If a USB device connected to the host system does not connect to a virtual machine at power on, you must manually connect the device to the virtual machine. Using Smart Cards in Virtual MachinesVirtual machines can connect to smart card readers that interface to serial ports, parallel ports, USB ports, PCMCIA slots, and PCI slots. A virtual machine considers a smart card reader to be a type of USB device.
