Someone I know is considering setting up Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 on a new server they are adding to their network. It will run Windows Server 2008 R2, either on the bare metal or as a guest in Hyper-V.

Thanks to my obsession with DIY projects and server experiments, I’ve tinkered with all sorts of virtualization platforms, container runtimes, and hypervisors over the years. These range from popular ...