Some great points

We originally used VMWare but switched to Hyper-V soon after. The inclusion of native (albeit limited) backup software is a huge plus for Hyper-V (Windows Server Backup/WSB). Copying and Pasting a shutoff VM or snapshots is not really backup strategy. WSB also has the ability to restore backups from a Bitlocker encrypted drive since it's boot environment is WinPE-based.

It pales in comparison to something like Veeam or Acronis, but it's free and gets the job done for your average solo provider.