Best Practices

The following are best practices from this chapter:

• Organizations using Hyper-V should use VMM 2012 instead of previous versions of VMM to get the most out of the virtual management environment.

• VMM 2012 can only be installed on Windows Server 2008 x64, Standard and Enterprise Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Standard and Enterprise Editions.

• Ensure the system that VMM is being installed on is attached to a Windows domain.

• For most deployments, VMM can be installed on the same system as the SQL Server instance that hosts the VMM database.

• Use the Self-Service Portal to allow end users or developers to create and manage their virtual machines.

• Use the Administrator Console to manage Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ...

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