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Hi,<br />
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I intend to shift my current SharePoint 2007 server from a physical setup to a virtualised setup. I intend to use the CITRIZ XENServer. Below are my concerns<br />
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- Does SharePoint perform just as well on VM? Any significant degradation in performance?<br />
- Does SharePoint 2007 and CITRIX XenServer work well together?<br />
<br />
Other than my above 2 concerns, are there in other things I should watch out for?<br />
<br />
Thx. As always, hope to hear your expert opinions.
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Hi,

I intend to shift my current SharePoint 2007 server from a physical setup to a virtualised setup. I intend to use the CITRIZ XENServer. Below are my concerns

- Does SharePoint perform just as well on VM? Any significant degradation in performance?
- Does SharePoint 2007 and CITRIX XenServer work well together?

Other than my above 2 concerns, are there in other things I should watch out for?

Thx. As always, hope to hear your expert opinions.

Sharepoint on Virtual Machine

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Microsoft Sharepoint is a software platform and family of software products used for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration. SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.

Microsoft SharePoint

Citrix is the synonym for the virtualization and application infrastructure systems developed by the company of the same name. Main areas are application virtualization, Software-As-A-Service (SaaS), cloud-computing and networking. The two most well-known are Citrix XenApp or Citrix CloudPlatform.