Exporting a running virtual machine

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One of the small features that we added in Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2 is the ability to export a virtual machine that is currently running.  Using this feature is simple enough, just select a running virtual machine and choose to export it.  Here you can see that my MineCraft Server is running while being exported, and I can export other running virtual machines too.

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When you export a running virtual machine – you will get a copy of the virtual machine in a saved state, at exactly the point in time that you asked for an export.  You can also export checkpoints from a running virtual machine.

Cheers,
Ben