Hyper-V for VMWare

Question

Hello All,

I just installed a fresh copy of BizTalk Server 2009 along with ESB Toolkit on VMWare... Thinking of loading another copy for my buddy.... This time I wanted to give it a shot in Hyper-V

Which one would u recommed?

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Preetham Reddy Chamakura

Answer 1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0582bc67-0bef-4a0a-99cf-4408a111c4e3 This is a "BizTalk Server 2009 Hyper-V Guide"

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Leonid Ganeline [BizTalk MVP] http://geekswithblogs.net/leonidganeline

Answer 2

Thanks for the info... I'll give it a shot this weekend!!! I was looking more for the info on Hyper-V for VMWare for BizTalk...

I've read in Microsoft's website saying Hyper-V is optimized for BizTalk... I wonder what does Hyper-V provide that VMWare doesn't already???

Is it worth the switch at all?

Answer 3

Microsoft would certainly tell you to use Hyper-V as it is their product and, as Leonid has pointed out, they have tested BizTAlk extensively in Hyper-V.

From experience though it depends a lot on what your organization already uses and is comfortable with. So, in summary, I would recommend Hyper-V unless you already have a VMWare infrastructure in place and that is the virtualization tool used by your company.

Regards,
Thiago Almeida

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Thiago Almeida - http://connectedthoughts.wordpress.com