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Hello Experts,<br />
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I'm looking to set up a single physical server with Windows Server 2012 Standard and Hyper-v host role. &nbsp; I know some people who configure the dc and hyper-v host roles on the physical server but I'm worried about that scenario. &nbsp;This is a small business with limited funds so, I'm trying to avoid having to buy a second physical server for the DC role. &nbsp;What do you think about me setting up The one physical server as a Windows server 2012 standard with Hyper-v host role (not joined to a domain), and setting up a Hyper-v guest Windows server 2012 DC on it. &nbsp;Any suggestions for avoiding the purchase of a second server would be appreciated! &nbsp;I don't want to use Windows SBS though. &nbsp;Thanks!
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Hello Experts,

I'm looking to set up a single physical server with Windows Server 2012 Standard and Hyper-v host role.   I know some people who configure the dc and hyper-v host roles on the physical server but I'm worried about that scenario.  This is a small business with limited funds so, I'm trying to avoid having to buy a second physical server for the DC role.  What do you think about me setting up The one physical server as a Windows server 2012 standard with Hyper-v host role (not joined to a domain), and setting up a Hyper-v guest Windows server 2012 DC on it.  Any suggestions for avoiding the purchase of a second server would be appreciated!  I don't want to use Windows SBS though.  Thanks!

Setting up Single Windows Server 2012 standard physical server with Hyper-v role and guest DC for small business

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.