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Over the last 18 months we have been involved in a number of projects helping clients deploy SharePoint into virtualized environments. As a result of these projects we learnt a great deal about how to virtualize SharePoint, and during November 2008, Martin Kearn, James O`Neill and I presented two sessions at the TechEd 2008 Conference in Barcelona to share our field experiences.
At both these sessions, we asked the question: “How many of you are planning on, or have deployed your production SharePoint farm in a virtualized environment?”. At least 60-70% of the audience indicated they either had already or were planning on virtualizing their SharePoint environment. It clearly demonstrated the need for more guidance, and is one of the reasons for this series.
The following is a list of the main drivers we have experienced in existing customer environments:
One of the first questions my customers ask when considering virtualization is “Is SharePoint supported in a virtualized environment?” This question breaks down into two questions that need to be answered.
The SharePoint and windows product team announced support for virtualization of SharePoint on Windows using a number of virtualization products. From a Microsoft perspective, Virtual Server 2005 and Hyper V are fully supported. Third party products, such as VMWare, are also supported via the Windows Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP). This is fantastic news for the enterprises with existing investments in virtualization products, such as VMWARE ESX virtualization stack. Here are links to the official statements on Microsoft websites:
Some points to make about this series:
If you need assistance virtualizing your SharePoint Farm, Microsoft Consulting Services can help you. Please send me an email with your contact details, and I will put you in touch with someone from our engagement team who can assist you. Alternatively, if you have a technical question, I will do my best to respond to it.
I hope you find this series as useful and interesting, as I am enjoying putting it together! Am I missing a section or area? Do you have a performance tip I can list? Let me know and I will add it! My contact details are list below.
This article was authored by:
Brian Wilson
Senior Consultant
Microsoft Consulting Services UK
Brian.Wilson@Microsoft.com
Anonymous
March 09, 2009
Each role in the SharePoint farm have finer nuances that need to be taken into account before deciding
Anonymous
March 23, 2009
This topic provides guidance on the key physical and virtual performance counters you need to watch for
Anonymous
March 26, 2009
An internal memo was sent to all employees by Steve Ballmer recently extolling the fact that we ALL need
Anonymous
April 07, 2009
Leggo con grande interesse sul blog di Matteo Emili un riferimento ad una serie di post di Brian Wilson
Anonymous
April 10, 2009
Please remember the upcoming webcast entitled Microsoft Office Project Server 2007: Virtualization on
Anonymous
March 09, 2010
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