You can convert any virtual machine that runs on a VMware ESX host or is stored in the VMM library, but VMM does not support virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversion of a VMware VM that has an IDE bus.
The following versions of VMware ESX are supported for V2V conversions by VMM 2012 R2:
ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 5
ESX/ESXi 4.0
ESX/ESXi 4.1
ESX/ESXi 5.0
ESXi 5.1
This recipe will guide you on how to convert a VMware VM to a Hyper-V VM through the V2V conversion process.
Carry out the following steps to convert VMs:
On the VMs and Services workspace in the VMM console on the Home tab in the ribbon, click on Create Virtual Machine and then on Convert Virtual Machine, as shown in the following screenshot:
On the Select Source page in Convert Virtual Machine Wizard, click on Browse..., and select the VMware VM that is to be converted, as shown in the following...