The Microsoft-UK services team recently posted an in-depth virtualizing SharePoint series. It is a culmination of their experiences over the last couple years helping customers successfully host SharePoint in virtualized environments.
· http://blogs.msdn.com/uksharepoint/archive/2009/02/26/virtualizing-sharepoint-series-introduction.aspx
· http://blogs.msdn.com/uksharepoint/archive/2009/03/04/topic-1-recommendations-for-optimizing-the-performance-of-a-virtualized-sharepoint-environment.aspx
· http://blogs.msdn.com/uksharepoint/archive/2009/03/08/virtualizing-sharepoint-series-recommendations-for-each-server-role-in-the-virtualized-sharepoint-environment.aspx
· http://blogs.msdn.com/uksharepoint/archive/2009/03/11/virtualizing-sharepoint-series-recommendations-for-monitoring-and-managing-a-virtualized-sharepoint-environments.aspx
· http://blogs.msdn.com/uksharepoint/archive/2009/03/23/virtualizing-sharepoint-series-other-recommendations-and-conclusions-for-your-virtualized-sharepoint-environment.aspx
This is fantastic guidance for those organisations currently running, or thinking of running SharePoint in virtualized environments. Enjoy!
Patrick
