I cant seem to find out if and how I can access the VMs from the local machine using a type 1 VM like hyper-v 2019.

I need 3 different images on each machine (2 win 1 Linux) and installing Window 10 type 2 hypervisor and then 3 VMs has 2 downsides, First it eats up more resources and 2nd it takes 3 license instead of 2.

I have a lab where I have to have the institutions official image (part of a domain and locked down hard) but also need a 2nd copy so the students can have full access so they can learn Windows/IT. Right now they cant even use control panel.

Dual boot would work but would require a lot of re-boots. I have been a fan of the idea of a type 1 VM system longer than Hyper-v has existed. In the early 90’s OS/2 2.x had VMs to run dos and dos programs. It was type 2 and as it was just dos it probably didnt matter, but I thought about what is now called type 1 as a better idea so naturally I went there to solve the problem, but once installed – I got stuck because I didn’t know you cant do anything locally. From what I just read in this article following these steps you can manage locally but can you use the VMs locally :-D ? The machines can are not server based but should have no problem running the set up described.

If not would either Virtualbox or VMware work instead ?
I cant seem to find an answer anywhere and you are very close and on point.

Great to hear! Thanks Emily