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July 16, 2012 Matt Liebowitz

Microsoft removes SVVP Support Policy Wizard..and I think it’s a good thing

Microsoft first released the Server Virtualization Validation Program back in 2008 to help validate their products running on server virtualization technologies (both Microsoft and 3rd party). Followed soon after that release was a tool called the SVVP Support Policy Wizard which made it very easy to simply plug in your application, OS version, and desired hypervisor and out would come a support statement. Recently Microsoft removed the SVVP Support Policy Wizard and replaced it with a more generic support stance

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November 22, 2010 Matt Liebowitz

Right or wrong, go with what’s supported…

There has been a lot of drama recently between Microsoft and VMware with respect to virtualizing Exchange 2010. The background and details are summarized well in this article (in which I’m quoted). I think this situation brings up some important points about virtualizing critical Tier 1 applications – vendor support is very important, and disregarding vendor requirements for support can lead to problems when you need support the most. There are a number of seemingly strange support requirements from Microsoft
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