Many organizations today rely on some degree of virtualization. Whether it is a few virtual machines running on a single physical computer or a whole server farm across multiple root servers, virtualization optimizes investment in hardware and network infrastructure by:
 
• Increasing the utilization of underused hardware.
• Improving server availability.
• Reducing IT costs.

The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance and best practices for deploying Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 in a virtualized environment with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper V™ technology. This paper has been carefully composed to be relevant to organizations of any size.

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Date Published: 3/2/2012
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This paper examines the performance implications of scaling up an Exchange Server 2010 mailbox server virtual machine in vSphere 5 in comparison to vSphere 4.1 (increasing the number of virtual CPUs in the virtual machine) and scaling out with multiple Exchange Server 2010 virtual machines (increasing the number of virtual machines to the host). This paper includes data showing significant performance improvements of vMotion and Storage vMotion in vSphere 5.

Publisher: VMware
Latest Revision: Aug 25, 2011

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Using VMware HA, DRS and vMotion with Exchange 2010 DAGs

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The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance and best practices for deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 in a virtualized environment with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V technology. This paper has been carefully composed to be relevant to organizations of any size.

Many organizations today rely on some degree of virtualization. Whether it is a few virtual machines running on a single physical computer or a whole server farm across multiple root servers, virtualization optimizes investment in hardware and network infrastructure by: Increasing the utilization of underused hardware, Improving server availability, Reducing IT costs. The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance and best practices for deploying Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 in a virtualized environment with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper V™ technology. This paper has been carefully composed to be relevant to organizations of any size.

Download Best Practices for Virtualizing Exchange Server 2010 with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

File Name: Best_Practices_for_Virtualizing_Exchange_Server_2010_with_Windows_Server.docx
Size: 1.3MB
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Date Published: 5/14/2011
Language: English

Извечный вопрос на который ответ давно очевиден, коротко ответ ДА поддерживается, детали и тонкости смотрим ниже

We've had a number of customers ask us whether or not we support virtualized Exchange Server 2010 deployments. The answer is firmly, YES! We know there are many customers running on under-utilized hardware, and can reduce hardware and maintenance costs by consolidating applications onto a virtualized environment (like the Kentucky Community and Technical College System).

Continue at source… Answering Exchange Virtualization Questions and Addressing Misleading VMware Guidance

Материалы на тему VMware и Exchange в блоге смотрим по тугу Virtualization

Half of VMware's customer base is virtualizing Microsoft Exchange and 65% virtualize SQL Server, but the majority of VMware customers are not virtualizing SAP and Oracle applications, according to survey data released by VMware.

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Извечный вопрос, виртуализировать или нет, конечно все зависит от поставленной задачи, правильного планирования и расчета производительности, но можно однозначно сказать что если заявлена поддержка идет от производителя тогда можно смело “виртулизироватся”, тем кто уже виртуализировался или планирует это сделать данные документы помогут лучше спланировать и оптимизировать свою инфраструктуры, документы покрывают следующие темы:

Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware Best Practices Guide

Introduction
ESX Host Best Practices for Exchange
Exchange Performance on vSphere
Exchange 2010 Capacity Planning
Sizing Examples
vSphere Enhancements for Deployment and Operations

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware Use Cases

Microsoft Support Considerations
Exchange Performance Considerations
Exchange Performance and vSphere
Benefits of Virtualizing Exchange
Server Consolidation
Operational Advantages
Deployment Alternatives
Conclusions

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware Design and Sizing Examples

Introduction
Design Concepts
Building Block Examples (Standalone Mailbox Servers)
DAG Examples (Clustered Mailbox Servers)
Design and Deployment Considerations

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Microsoft Exchange 2010 on VMware Availability and Recovery Options

VMware vSphere Platform Advantages
Increase Availability across the Exchange Lifecycle
Local Site Availability Options
Remote Site Availability Options
Backup and Restore Options
Additional Information

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