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When I tried this running win 2012 dc w/gui on my HS21xm blade dual E53450 3G w/64G memory and 1T ssd I found there wasn't anything to be gained in running without the GUI interface. Aside from being available in a free version there wasn't enough performance or footprint difference between the two to warrant not having the GUI around. the added complexity of core just wasn't worth it.
As of 2012 there is no way to pass thru cards to the virtual machine and I'm fairly certain the ability is not in win server 2016 either. I was using a ceton eth 6 which gave me 6 network tuners outside of the server. I guess I don't understand what you're really trying to accomplish here.
I'm currently running MP1.16 using the ceton eth 6 for tuners on the homet machine listed in my profile under windows 10 without any issues.
I have MP1.16 client running on my homew machine connecting back to homet to watch tv in the kitchen.
The biggest problem with using a virtual machine is actually network latency but I was using Hyper-V in all my testing. We tested hyper-v vs. VM-Esx where I work and converted everything to Hyper-v because of overall performance, complexity and support issues. Hyper-V won hands down in all categories. At home I couldn't find a version of vm-esx that would work on my hardware.

<blockquote data-quote="gpnash" data-source="post: 1214278" data-attributes="member: 151666">When I tried this running win 2012 dc w/gui on my HS21xm blade dual E53450 3G w/64G memory and 1T ssd I found there wasn't anything to be gained in running without the GUI interface.&nbsp; Aside from being available in a free version there wasn't enough performance or footprint difference between the two to warrant not having the GUI around.&nbsp; the added complexity of core just wasn't worth it.As of 2012 there is no way to pass thru cards to the virtual machine and I'm fairly certain the ability is not in win server 2016 either.&nbsp; I was using a ceton eth 6 which gave me 6 network tuners outside of the server.&nbsp; I guess I don't understand what you're really trying to accomplish here.I'm currently running MP1.16 using the ceton eth 6 for tuners on the homet machine listed in my profile under windows 10 without any issues.I have MP1.16 client running on my homew machine connecting back to homet to watch tv in the kitchen.The biggest problem with using a virtual machine is actually network latency but I was using Hyper-V in all my testing. We tested hyper-v vs. VM-Esx where I work and converted everything to Hyper-v because of overall performance, complexity and support issues.&nbsp; Hyper-V won hands down in all categories.&nbsp; At home I couldn't find a version of vm-esx that would work on my hardware.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gpnash, post: 1214278, member: 151666"] When I tried this running win 2012 dc w/gui on my HS21xm blade dual E53450 3G w/64G memory and 1T ssd I found there wasn't anything to be gained in running without the GUI interface. Aside from being available in a free version there wasn't enough performance or footprint difference between the two to warrant not having the GUI around. the added complexity of core just wasn't worth it. As of 2012 there is no way to pass thru cards to the virtual machine and I'm fairly certain the ability is not in win server 2016 either. I was using a ceton eth 6 which gave me 6 network tuners outside of the server. I guess I don't understand what you're really trying to accomplish here. I'm currently running MP1.16 using the ceton eth 6 for tuners on the homet machine listed in my profile under windows 10 without any issues. I have MP1.16 client running on my homew machine connecting back to homet to watch tv in the kitchen. The biggest problem with using a virtual machine is actually network latency but I was using Hyper-V in all my testing. We tested hyper-v vs. VM-Esx where I work and converted everything to Hyper-v because of overall performance, complexity and support issues. Hyper-V won hands down in all categories. At home I couldn't find a version of vm-esx that would work on my hardware. [/QUOTE]