Installing Linux on a Hyper-V VM has some features which compare to installing Windows. You can run an unlimited number of Linux VMs on your Hyper-V Server because the majority of Linux distributions are free and open source. Hyper-V can run not only Windows but also Linux virtual machines. Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor developed by Microsoft that can be enabled on Windows machines or installed as a standalone operating system (Hyper-V Server 2016, for example). By Michael Bose How to Run Linux on Hyper-V?
