You still need to follow the standard SQL Server best practices, security, and preparation when you install on a VMware VM. Below are some additional considerations with regards to VMware. Key points: · You must double check that your combination of VMWare, Windows, and SQL will be supported...

Many companies are now looking to consolidate their SQL Server instances. The old strategy of one instance per server can be wasteful of resources. Often large chunks of physical resources sit idle and a lot of money is spent on electricity to power all those machines. If you can consolidate even some...

Technorati Tags: SQL Server , virtualization Guest clustering in a Virtual Machine for SQL Server has been a hotly requested feature for quite some time, and as of today it is officially supported! See the below links from Bob Ward for the exact details. Basically the guest OS has to be Windows 2008...