Right, So, I'm a Microsoft Buff through and through as most of you will know and usually, I love embracing the latest and greatest that MS Has to offer.....But a small word of warning, If you are going to experiment with Hyper V, Be very very careful. I will not bad mouth it here, but i highly recommend a looooad of testing before you push this even into test and Dev Scenario's....can be exceedingly painful.....
The solution for free Virtualisation:
Enter ESXi Here.
James