You are incorrect. Exchange is supported on VMware. And Exchange is supported in Hyper-V. Your sources and understanding are out of date. Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kamuni, Prabhakar Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 9:17 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange and virtualization As per my understanding MS will not support Exchange on Vmware/ESX which ever version J But I think when MS release HYPER-V they will support Exchange on virtualization. Cheers!!! Prabhu Thanks and Regards PRABHAKAR KAMUNI | ECG- De Beers Project | Tech Lead Unisys Global Services India | 135/1 Residency Road | Bangalore | Business Phone +91 4159 4828|Net 759 4828 Mobile: 0091-9945333367 THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Wall Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 7:33 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange and virtualization Just an FYI - Microsoft does support Exchange 2007 virtualization on all server roles except for the Unified Communications role. See the following links for exact information: http://blogs.technet.com/ucedsg/archive/2008/11/12/exchange-server-2007-sp1- now-supported-on-vmware.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc794548.aspx From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kamuni, Prabhakar Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:41 AM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange and virtualization Patrick, There is no direct answer with me but let me tell you my view Are you going with MSCS? How many users? You have? Based on this answer I can explain you. If it is a small amount of users and you are not having MSCS, without thinking any you can go-ahead and install your exchange in Vmware. If you have 1000's of users and if you're planning to go with MSCS personally I suggest you to go with Physical boxes. Even if you have Exchange 2007 for - HUB, CAS, UM, Edge you can go with VM servers, but for mailbox cluster nodes in Exchange 2007 also I suggest to go with Physical servers. Thanks and Regards PRABHAKAR KAMUNI | ECG- De Beers Project | Tech Lead Unisys Global Services India | 135/1 Residency Road | Bangalore | Business Phone +91 4159 4828|Net 759 4828 Mobile: 0091-9945333367 THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 7:00 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange and virtualization Thanks. So it would be recommended to install both on physical boxes? I have seen the document on MS not supporting VMware _____ From: "Kamuni, Prabhakar" <Prabhakar.Kamuni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:15:24 PM Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: Exchange and virtualization Patrick, There is no harm running Exchange in ESX/Vmware environment Only thing since it is high I/O operations application Microsoft will not suggest to Install SQl/Exchange in Vmware Environment. Note: If you have any problem with Exchange, Microsoft PSS will not support you J Thanks and Regards PRABHAKAR KAMUNI | ECG- De Beers Project | Tech Lead Unisys Global Services India | 135/1 Residency Road | Bangalore | Business Phone +91 4159 4828|Net 759 4828 Mobile: 0091-9945333367 THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. _____ From: exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Patrick Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:12 PM To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ExchangeList] Exchange and virtualization Hi Guys, We have an exchange 2003 server in a VMware environment. I am sure I have read somewhere that it is not adviceable to run either Exchange or Sql on VM's. Anyone got any documentaion / whitepaper to back that up, or have I got it wrong. Thanks Patrick