Eight new ESX configurations have been approved by Microsoft for support under the Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP). The new configs allow up to 64 GB memory in any virtual machine. This is an increase from the previous 4 GB limit, and will be useful to customers deploying Exchange Server, SQL Server, or any memory-intensive application. All future SVVP configs will be listed at our product’s maximum memory limit.
Under SVVP, any customer will be supported by Microsoft when running any of a long list of Microsoft products on VMware. Any version of Windows back to Windows Server 2000 SP4 is also supported, including all OS roles such as Active Directory, File Services, etc.
Four new ESX 3.5 update 2 configurations are posted now for both Intel and AMD processors. Four more ESX 3.5 update 3 configurations should appear before mid-month. ESXi configurations for u2 and u3 are in progress as well.
Microsoft’s formal support policy for virtual platforms is here. VMware’s web page describing Microsoft support is here.
These new configurations now allow full Microsoft SVVP support for maximum VM sizes on VMware’s platform. They also exceed all other competitive hypervisor certification levels. Kudos to the team at VMware for the hard work on these certification tests as well as to Microsoft for a great certification and support program. As always, I hope other large ISVs take note of this and follow suit soon.
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Matt McSpirit
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mcr
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Mike DiPetrillo
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jondybik
