Run SharePoint Server on VMware vSphere - The Best Platform for Windows for Uptime and Recoverability
SharePoint provides business-critical services to organizations worldwide. SharePoint deployments are multi-tier and rely on multiple servers and services, and often grow explosively as workgroups learn to harness capabilities for collaboration, workflow, content management and publishing. VMware vSphere facilitates rapid growth, and offers built-in capabilities that ensure high availability and rapid disaster recovery. Once you’ve experienced the benefits that VMware vSphere delivers to SharePoint, you’ll wonder why anybody does it the old way.
A SharePoint infrastructure implemented on VMware virtual machines offers the following advantages over a traditional physical deployment:
- Much more flexibility in design, deployment, and adaptation to growth
- Performance at parity with physical implementations
- Simple, inexpensive high availability options for SQL Server nodes
- Ensure dynamic scalability and rapid provisioning into your private cloud
- Eliminate constraints on scaling SharePoint services as demand grows
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Recommended Products
Introductory Resources
White Papers
- SharePoint 2010 on VMware - Best Practices Guide
- SharePoint 2010 on VMware - Availability and Recovery Options
- SharePoint 2010 on VMware - Use Cases
- SharePoint 2010 on VMware - FAQ
- SharePoint 2010 on VMware - Support and Licensing Guide
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Availability Guide for Microsoft SharePoint 2007® on VMware vSphere 4
A 2009 paper describing different options available for achieving High Availability for SharePoint on vSphere. Describes different alternatives including VMware HA, Log Shipping, Database Mirroring, and Failover Clustering. -
Running Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 on VMware Infrastructure
Best practices for designing and deploying SharePoint Server on VMware. -
Automating SharePoint Provisioning and Deployment with VMware vSphere
Using templates to dramatically accelerate deployment and flexibility in SharePoint infrastructures. -
EMC Reference Architecture for Very Large Sharepoint Deployment
A 2009 paper from EMC describing a virtualized SharePoint implementation for 190,000 users. -
SQL Server White Papers
Papers and resources for deploying SQL Server in virtual machines.
Customer Success Stories
Technical Resources
Blogs
Other Resources
- VMware Performance Benchmarks and Resources
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Virtualizing a Windows Active Directory Domain Infrastructure
- Best practices for implementing an Active Directory infrastructure on virtual machines.
