Hyper-V - Ubuntu Wiki
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hyper-VHyper-V. What is Hyper-V? Hyper-V is a native type 1 hypervisor developed by Microsoft for the Windows family of operating systems, similar to Xen or VMWare ESXi.. Hyper-V was first released for Windows Server 2008, and is available without additional charge since Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.