I have been beta testing for MS since prior to Vista's release. That was before WIP existed and we were called Beta Testers. Over the years I have run Beta Builds in various ways. Ever since it became available, I have, very successfully & enjoyably, used Hyper-V and pretty much kept to a VM approach. It has been dependable, easy to use and it comes with your Operating System.
You might give it a go (instead of VMWare).
OR
You could go dual-boot and avoid the whole VM thing all together 😊