Customer has an industry specific MIS system currently running on WSE 2016 in a workgroup - no DS. They wish to migrate to a different industry specific MIS system which claims to require a dedicated WS 2019 Standard server (physical or virtual), while still running their current system in parallel. They have one physical server with 8 cores and 24 GB.
Seems like I should make the necessary vhd(s) of the current setup, install Hyper-V, load the old system's vhd(s) in a VM, and create a second VM to house the 2019 Standard - allocating it 16GB and 4 cores to meet the new MIS system's requirements. Should just require purchase of one Windows Server 2019 Standard since Hyper-V is "free" and they would still have a valid WSE 2016 license to continue to run the old MIS until the new MIS system is fully up and running in a few months.
Where are the dragons in what I propose? What license problem have I missed? Common pitfalls of creating VHDs, installing Hyper-V, etc.?
They want it all done and dusted by next Friday - yes I know Thanksgiving is Thursday.