Creating a Hyper-V Server

Wait a minute, didn't we just do this? No, we did not. What we did in our previous recipe was install the Hyper-V role onto a traditional Windows Server 2016. You can implement Hyper-V onto a server running Desktop Experience, a Server Core, or even use a Nano Server to host virtual machines. But an actual Hyper-V Server on the other hand, that is something else altogether.

When you build out a Windows Server 2016 and install the Hyper-V role on it, it is nice and easy to configure and is the way that most admins build their virtualization hosts. But there are a couple of drawbacks, primarily related to cost. As we have already mentioned, if you use Windows Server 2016 Standard as your host, you will only be permitted to run two virtual machines. That is a seriously limiting factor. On the other hand, you can install Windows Server 2016 Datacenter on your host and then run an unlimited number of VMs, but the cost for Datacenter is considerably higher than a...