[LinuxBender]

- One method, probably the least intrusive would be WSL Windows Subsystem for Linux [1]

- Another option would be installing VirtualBox [2] if the license does not conflict with anything in your company the extensions have a restrictive license. Then grab a small Linux distribution.

- If your company / organization already has a license for VMWare that would be yet another way.

There are tutorials on how to do these on Youtube if you prefer video instructions.

[1] - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

[2] - https://www.virtualbox.org/

[linguae]

In addition, if the OP is running Windows 10/11 Pro, Education, or Enterprise as the host OS and if the native x86-64 hardware supports virtualization, then the OP can use the bundled Hyper-V client. I've successfully run Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines using Hyper-V on Windows 10.