Nano Server can be deployed on Windows 10 machine with Hyper-V installed. Microsoft provides evaluation version of Nano Server image which is valid for 180 days that can be customized as per needs. The ISO for Windows Server 2016 can be downloaded from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2016. Click on Register to continue and login with Windows Live account, fill in the registration form.
The portal shows three download options as shown in the following screenshot:
The Nano Server VHD (.exe) is the easiest option to quickly setup Nano Server on Windows 10. This contains a ready to use VHD which can be mounted using Hyper-V manager. Click on Nano Server VHD option and select continue to download the EXE version, this would download a EXE by name NanoServerDataCenter.vhd.exe of size 120 MB. The EXE when installed extracts the VHD file to C:\Windows...
