Using 10.6 Server as a virtualized operating system?

I notice you can get 10.6 Server fairly inexpensively, and I've heard one can run it as a virtualized system. Here are some questions I have about it:
1. Do I understand correctly it can run in Virtualbox on a Mac that is newer than Lion's initial release that won't run Snow Leopard client, including those Macs that don't have any Snow Leopard client support listed on the bottom of https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2455?
2 Which version of Virtualbox, VMWare, or Parallels has it been tried in and worked successfully?
3. Does it support all Snow Leopard client compatible applications and drivers as far as people can see?
4. Does it offer an automatic login option the same way Client does, or must you login?
5. When you set it up, is setting up a single account system as easy as Client version?
6. Are there any hidden security issues I should watch out for?

Hi
AFAIK the "Magic Triangle" applies to an environment that also includes OSX Server providing mac-style GPOs - mostly. There's another option called "Cylinder of Destiny" that takes this slightly further although it's still essentially the same. Ultimately what you decide rests on what you want to achieve.
If all you want is SSO for Users working on mac workstations and nothing else, use what Apple provides in the Client OS. You don't necessarily need OSX Server.
It's even possible to alter the AD Schema itself and add Apple specific object classes, attributes and values to provide a means for managing users on mac workstations that way. Again you don't necessarily need OSX Server. In addition there are 3rd-Party solutions that don't involve OSX Server you could consider depending on budget and how hard you want to work? Likewise, Centrify and AdmitMAC are three I can think of.
There's plenty of documentation all over the internet on how to achieve Integration. Its been going on for a few years now. Ultimately how 'successful' it all is will rest primarily on how well your AD is configured. Apple's built-in Active Directory Plug-in in many ways assumes an 'out-of-the-box' AD and ideally an environment that follows Microsoft's Best Practices for AD. I've yet to see one AD that fits that criteria. In some rare cases Integration may not even be possible. You won't really know until you try.
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