Creating a Hyper-V server

Wait a minute, didn't we just do this? Not quite. What we did in our previous recipe was install the Hyper-V role in a traditional Windows Server 2019. You can implement Hyper-V in a server running Desktop Experience or Server Core to host VMs. But an actual Hyper-V Server, on the other hand, is something a bit different.

When you build out a Windows Server 2019 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. In a previous chapter, we discussed Windows Server Core. Hyper-V Server is another server along those lines – it is a version of Windows Server that only contains the Hyper-V role. Because it only contains Hyper-V, it has a smaller security footprint than a full Windows Server installation. It also consumes less disk space.

This is the importance of Hyper-V Server. It is a completely different installer file that...