Microsoft Virtualization: Best Choice for SharePoint Server

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 makes it easier for people to work together. Microsoft virtualization technologies, which include Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 and System Center 2012, provide you with a flexible toolset that can be used to reduce hardware and energy costs, increase the performance of SharePoint farms, and provide a level of design flexibility that is not possible with traditional physical deployment approaches.

High Performance Capabilities

ESG research firm conducted 3rd party testing of Hyper-V running Microsoft SharePoint 2010. The performance, scalability, and low overhead of Hyper-V R2 can be used to reduce costs and improve the manageability, flexibility, and availability of consolidated SharePoint applications.
  • Hyper-V produced great performance with low overhead of virtual compared to physical on one VM.
  • SharePoint Server scaled to over 450,000 users across five VMs and showed linear scalability from 1 to 3 VMs.

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Lower TCO

The built-in virtualization architecture of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Hyper-V means there is no need for an additional hypervisor purchase.

Virtualization Guidance

Microsoft provides updated guidance, best practices, and example configurations to provide you with the knowledge on how to best virtualize SharePoint on Hyper-V.

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Complete End-to-End Management of SharePoint

System Center 2012 provides you with an end-to-end management solution making it possible to manage the deployment of SharePoint roles in a mixed physical and virtual environment.

Datasheet

Read the Datasheet on Virtualizing Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

Webcast

View the Webcast - SharePoint on Hyper-V and NetApp Storage.

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