Author: Zahir Hussain Shah, MVP Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Virtualization Support Compatibility for Hypervisor(s)

Recently, I had an opportunity to attend Microsoft Virtualization Boot-Camp for tow-days, where Microsoft invited several IT Pros from the different Emirates of UAE, and while we went through the different sessions, I have been asked many questions regarding the Virtualization Support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 for various Hardware and Application Virtualization Providers, like Hyper-V, VMWare and etc, so I thought to summarize, and correct some of the misconceptions related to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Virtualization Support.

In the below couple of snapshots, I will show you how you can validate your Hypervisor, which is supported by Microsoft for any Microsoft based product, and especially Microsoft Exchange Server.

Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program helps Microsoft customers, to validate their Hypervisor before they go and install any Microsoft product in a Virtualized fashion, and to receive support from Microsoft, one of the nifty part of MSVVP Program is that it provides handy web based compatibility utility, which allows customers to select product, and then select their desired Hypervisor, which then provides results on the web related that what is supported and what is not.

Open the this link to browse Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program Support Compatibility Tester:

For more information: please visit the below links:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx

http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp.aspx?svvppage=svvp.htm

I hope with the above information presented in this article, it will help various individual, those who are actively seeking an opportunity to Virtualize any Microsoft and Microsoft Windows Server based product, and it is always remember to first go through the deep research before virtualizing any software product, till now most of the Software Application vendor, does not support Hardware and Application Virtualization for their products.

Cheers!