Microsoft announced today that it will be offering Support for MOSS SP1 and WSS SP1 running under any Virtualization Software that meets the requirements of the Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP). As of now Microsoft will support SharePoint running on Hyper-V in a Server 2008 environment and running on Virtual Server 2005.
This is also an important announcement for those who want to run SharePoint on Vmware. Although they aren’t currently listed on the SVVP website, NetworkWorld is reporting that Microsoft and VMware have reached agreement this week for VMware to join the SVVP. There is no Press release on this, but you can read the Network World article here:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/081908-vmware.html
You can find out more information about Microsoft's expanded Virtualization Support for SharePoint from the SharePoint Team BLOG at:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/08/18/update-on-virtualization-support-for-sharepoint-products-and-technologies.aspx
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