Hi everyone,
besides the Consumer Preview of Windows '"8", there was also a beta version of Windows Server "8" released here:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33
Hyper-V has some very cool enhancements which are worth to be evaluated, and descriptions can be found here
Hyper-V Automation Support Technical Preview
Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Technical Preview
Hyper-V Offloaded Data Transfer Technical Preview
Hyper-V Replica Technical Preview
Hyper-V Resource Metering Technical Preview
Hyper-V Support for Large Sector Disks Technical Preview
Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel Technical Preview
Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk Format Technical Preview
Hyper-V Support for Scaling Up and Scaling Out Technical Preview
I've yet to discover all the details to uncover cool new things like https://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/03/02/live-snapshot-merging-windows-server-8.aspx
Cheers
Robert