{"id":1724,"date":"2016-03-29T10:30:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T15:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swildow.darktech.org\/wp\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2016-03-29T10:30:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T15:30:43","slug":"microsoft-virtualization-hyper-v-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wildow.com\/blog\/?p=1724","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Virtualization: Hyper V best practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header single\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Microsoft Virtualization: Hyper V best practices<\/h1>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/2010\/05\/25\/microsoft-virtualization-hyper-v-best-practices\/\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/2010\/05\/25\/microsoft-virtualization-hyper-v-best-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/2010\/05\/25\/microsoft-virtualization-hyper-v-best-practices\/<\/a><br class=\"star-1\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content single\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/TNBlogsFS\/BlogFileStorage\/blogs_technet\/iftekhar\/WindowsLiveWriter\/e4c7d6efc1b9_113BE\/image_2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlDisabledImage\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/TNBlogsFS\/BlogFileStorage\/blogs_technet\/iftekhar\/WindowsLiveWriter\/e4c7d6efc1b9_113BE\/image_thumb.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"762\" height=\"119\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you deploying or planning to deploy Hyper V Virtualization in production and need guidelines how you can design the best in class infrastructure with optimum utilization of resources. As a Technology Advisor, I often get the request from customers and partners who are doing real life deployments for best practices and guidelines for Hyper V.<\/p>\n<p>Virtualization product group has done a commendable job to offer some of these best practices documents related to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deployment<\/li>\n<li>Storage<\/li>\n<li>Hardware<\/li>\n<li>Networking<\/li>\n<li>Security<\/li>\n<li>Running workloads like\n<ul>\n<li>Exchange<\/li>\n<li>SQL<\/li>\n<li>Remote Desktop Services<\/li>\n<li>Small Business Server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have collated some of these documents for your reference in here..<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer is now available for Windows Server 2008 R2<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><em>What is Best Practices Analyzer?<\/em><\/h5>\n<p><em>Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) is a server management tool that is available in Windows Server 2008 R2. BPA reports best practice violations to the administrator after BPA scans the roles that are installed on Windows Server 2008 R2. Administrators can filter out unnecessary information or exclude results from BPA reports. Administrators can also perform BPA tasks with either the Server Manager GUI, or Windows PowerShell cmdlets<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyId=89d80c15-0082-4fef-a4fc-fefa463bed08&amp;displaylang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Download Now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the whitepapers you would need to build up a great Virtual Infrastructure with Hyper V.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deployment:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/h71028.www7.hp.com\/ERC\/downloads\/4AA2-1908ENW.pdf\">Best practices: Microsoft Hyper-V Dynamic Data Center in an HP BladeSystem environment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/8\/1\/5\/81556693-1f05-494a-8d45-cdeeb6d735e0\/HyperV_Deploy.doc\">Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/virtualization\/assets\/media\/hdbp\/local\/msh.htm\">Hyper-V Deployment &amp; Best Practices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc732069.aspx\">Hyper-V Configuration &amp; Deployment Guidance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/5\/c\/b\/5cb1943c-751d-4fd4-a897-38926e90a86f\/BrandonBakerHyperVSecurity2Podcast.wma\">Virtualization Security Best Practices<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008- Hyper-V\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/whdc\/system\/sysperf\/Perf_tun_srv.mspx\">Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2008- Hyper-V<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ff428137(WS.10).aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Hyper-V: Live Migration Network Configuration\/best practices Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Small Business Server\/ Domain Controllers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd239199.aspx\">Best Practices for Using Hyper-V with Windows Small Business Server 2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd363553.aspx\">Running Domain Controllers in Hyper-V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SharePoint Server<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/uksharepoint\/archive\/2009\/03\/08\/virtualizing-sharepoint-series-recommendations-for-each-server-role-in-the-virtualized-sharepoint-environment.aspx\">SharePoint Server Role Recommendations for Virtualized Environments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/D\/A\/8\/DA82C84A-1C3F-418A-BCC7-8A38CBBC1935\/Virtualization_of_SharePoint_Products_and_Technologies_White_Paper_-_final1.docx\">Virtualization of SharePoint Products and Technologies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www106.livemeeting.com\/cc\/mseventsbmo\/view?id=1032433236&amp;role=attend&amp;pw=FC6617FE\">Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for SharePoint<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Exchange Server<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msevents.microsoft.com\/CUI\/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&amp;EventID=1032428204&amp;CountryCode=US%20\">Microsoft Virtualization Best Practices for Exchange<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/h20195.www2.hp.com\/V2\/GetPDF.aspx\/4AA1-9895ENW.pdf\">HP recommended configuration for Exchange Server 2010 and Hyper-V R2 for 5,000 users<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/scottschnoll\/archive\/2008\/06\/15\/exchange-server-2007-and-hyper-v.aspx\">Exchange Server 2007 and Hyper-V: Best Practices Blog Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc794548.aspx\">Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in\u00a0 Virtualization Environments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SQL Server<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/d\/9\/4\/d948f981-926e-40fa-a026-5bfcf076d9b9\/SQL2008inHyperV2008.docx\">Running SQL in a Hyper-V Environment<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/ee819082.aspx\">Consolidation Guidance for SQL Server<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2FD%2FF%2F8%2FDF89D22D-39C8-4728-A990-3BD4467891B7%2FHighPerformanceSQLServerWorkloadsOnHyper-V_Final.docx&amp;h=760d8\" target=\"_blank\">High Performance SQL Server Workloads on Hyper-V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hope you all find them useful, as always your feedbacks and comments are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer single\">\n<div class=\"tags\">Tags <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/tag\/capacity\/\" rel=\"tag\">Capacity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/tag\/guide\/\" rel=\"tag\">Guide<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/tag\/hyper-v\/\" rel=\"tag\">Hyper V<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/tag\/planning\/\" rel=\"tag\">Planning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/tag\/server-2008-r2\/\" rel=\"tag\">Server 2008 R2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/tag\/sizing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sizing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/tag\/virtualization\/\" rel=\"tag\">Virtualization<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/tag\/whitepaper\/\" rel=\"tag\">Whitepaper<\/a><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Virtualization: Hyper V best practices https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/iftekhar\/2010\/05\/25\/microsoft-virtualization-hyper-v-best-practices\/ Are you deploying or planning to deploy Hyper V Virtualization in production and need guidelines how you can design the best in class infrastructure with optimum utilization of resources. 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