You're right, I am aware of all the obvious work-arounds. The main reason I posted the question was discbelieve that the solution envisioned isn't already out there: KVM to USB cable and then software on the laptop to display the server vid output in a window and send K&M input in the active window back out the USB to the K&M of the server.
MS was one of the intial supporters of XEN at least financially
You're right, I am aware of all the obvious work-arounds. The main reason I posted the question was discbelieve that the solution envisioned isn't already out there: KVM to USB cable and then software on the laptop to display the server vid output in a window and send K&M input in the active window back out the USB to the K&M of the server.