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Technically you are looking for Windows 10 Lean, but I'm having a hard time finding you an official download. Short of the the current tools used to make your own Windows build with the MSMG toolkit.<br />
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The other option is to use Windows server core.
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Technically you are looking for Windows 10 Lean, but I'm having a hard time finding you an official download. Short of the the current tools used to make your own Windows build with the MSMG toolkit.

The other option is to use Windows server core.

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<i>… make your own Windows build is the MSMG toolkit.</i><br />
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Agree. That was part of the link above to remove stuff you do not need.
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… make your own Windows build is the MSMG toolkit.

Agree. That was part of the link above to remove stuff you do not need.

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Yes, but rather than a blind link, I was hoping to provide the OP with the names of the tools they need and build from there and come back and answer questions as they need.
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Yes, but rather than a blind link, I was hoping to provide the OP with the names of the tools they need and build from there and come back and answer questions as they need.

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A dedicated hypervisor, based on 10/server 2016/2019 is hyper-v core server. It's a free product, but would need to be a little harder to setup.<br />
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Interested?
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A dedicated hypervisor, based on 10/server 2016/2019 is hyper-v core server. It's a free product, but would need to be a little harder to setup.

Interested?

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Is there a stripped down windows 10 solution ideal for virtualization? &nbsp;
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As the host or guest?<br />
As a guest, you can look at Windows 10 LTSB, Windows 10 IoT or Windows Server Nano/Core with or without containers.
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> Is there a stripped down windows 10 solution ideal for virtualization?  

As the host or guest?
As a guest, you can look at Windows 10 LTSB, Windows 10 IoT or Windows Server Nano/Core with or without containers.

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Thanks, looks like I will have to make the lite version, but this reddit will help. &nbsp;<br />
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@ Brian, nice idea on the &quot;lean version&quot; lets see if MS makes it happen
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Thanks, looks like I will have to make the lite version, but this reddit will help.  

@ Brian, nice idea on the "lean version" lets see if MS makes it happen

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The &quot;lite version&quot; that you will achieve using the procedure described at reddit is not optimized for virtualization. I doubt, that it will perform any better with VMs. It will have more storage, that's about all.<br />
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You should look at hyper-v core, that's free and it's optimized for VMs.
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The "lite version" that you will achieve using the procedure described at reddit is not optimized for virtualization. I doubt, that it will perform any better with VMs. It will have more storage, that's about all.

You should look at hyper-v core, that's free and it's optimized for VMs.

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Is there a stripped down windows 10 solution ideal for virtualization? &nbsp;Either a premade image or legit and safe software to make a lite ISO using an original media? &nbsp;I see lots of stuff on the internet but much of it looks suspect. I also see one by microsoft, but it's actually preloaded for development and kind of the opposite of that I am looking for.
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Is there a stripped down windows 10 solution ideal for virtualization?  Either a premade image or legit and safe software to make a lite ISO using an original media?  I see lots of stuff on the internet but much of it looks suspect. I also see one by microsoft, but it's actually preloaded for development and kind of the opposite of that I am looking for.

A lite version of Windows 10 for virtualization

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system featuring the "universal application architecture" (UAP); apps can be designed to run across multiple devices with nearly identical code, including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. Windows 10 also includes a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edge web browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, voice-based search (Cortana), new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.

Windows 10

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows 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.

Hyper-V

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.