Why can not I change the screen resolution on Hyper-V virtual machines?

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why can not the screen resolution be changed using the gnome-control-center on RHEL Hyper-V guests?
  • Unable to set high resolution (e.g., 3440x1440) on RHEL Hyper-V guests.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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