What you need for this book
This book describes the best practices about Hyper-V included in Windows Server 2016. So all the screenshots, PowerShell cmdlets, and XML files have been tested on this Windows Server version. To follow the indication of this book you need Windows Server 2016.
Moreover, some chapters describe System Center and some features provided by Microsoft Azure. To follow all chapters, you need an Azure subscription and System Center 2016.
Other tools that are introduced are free. So you can easily download them from the Internet.