Is Hyper-V 2012 free?

I've read reviews that state that it is, but when signing up for the download it mentioned that it is a trial.

Many thanks.

Steve

Yes it is.

You need to get Hyper-V 2012, not the Windows Server 2012 trial.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/hyper-v-server/

Click the "free download" arrow icon in the banner.