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Even though microsoft doesn't support os in 3rd party virtualisation software.<br />
i still encourage you to use vmware.<br />
now most company are going through the process of using vmware.<br />
just my 2 cents point of view. :)
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Even though microsoft doesn't support os in 3rd party virtualisation software.
i still encourage you to use vmware.
now most company are going through the process of using vmware.
just my 2 cents point of view. :)

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Where I can find this information? <br />
I'm thinking to convert most of my Windows 2003 servers to VMware like domain controller or accounting database. <br />
I'm worry if one day my domain controller have a problem then MS will not support it on VMware. <br />
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thanks,
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Where I can find this information? 
I'm thinking to convert most of my Windows 2003 servers to VMware like domain controller or accounting database. 
I'm worry if one day my domain controller have a problem then MS will not support it on VMware. 

thanks,

Does Microsoft support their OS or application on VMware?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.