Use virtual machine management activities to build workflows that allow for creating and updating virtual machines. The virtual machine management activities support System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2008 2.0.

The Authoring Tool provides five default virtual machine management activities in the VMM Activities group in the Activities Toolbox pane.

In This Section

Get VM Activity

Describes the prerequisites and properties of the Get VM activity.
Move VM Activity

Describes the prerequisites and properties of the Move VM activity.
Shutdown VM Activity

Describes the prerequisites and properties of the Shutdown VM activity.
Start VM Activity

Describes the prerequisites and properties of the Start VM activity.
Save State VM Activity

Describes the prerequisites and properties of the Save State VM activity.