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Sure it is possible to install Windows 2003 in any virtualisation environment. Just that its EOL is due in 1 year....
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Sure it is possible to install Windows 2003 in any virtualisation environment. Just that its EOL is due in 1 year....

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Heard that latest version of Vmware Does not support to install 2003 ? is it true ?
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Heard that latest version of Vmware Does not support to install 2003 ? is it true ?

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With hyper-v you need network teaming in network card driver, and to install it in core server (one without any window)
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With hyper-v you need network teaming in network card driver, and to install it in core server (one without any window)

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No, you don't in 2012. &nbsp;Teaming is an OS thing in 2012.
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No, you don't in 2012.  Teaming is an OS thing in 2012.

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And while installing it as a core server is a good idea from a security perspective, in reality, most people install with GUI to allow for easier management directly on the box (which cannot be done AT ALL in VMWare.
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And while installing it as a core server is a good idea from a security perspective, in reality, most people install with GUI to allow for easier management directly on the box (which cannot be done AT ALL in VMWare.

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You can type commands on last console...
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So &quot;AT ALL&quot; was harsh. &nbsp;But my point is, there is absolutely NO GUI management on the ESX server and no option for it as far as I'm aware. &nbsp;In 2012 (and 2008, and 2008 R2), if you're going to run ANY of those versions, your host OS can include GUI management directly on the box. &nbsp;Or you can install third party tools on a core install.
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So "AT ALL" was harsh.  But my point is, there is absolutely NO GUI management on the ESX server and no option for it as far as I'm aware.  In 2012 (and 2008, and 2008 R2), if you're going to run ANY of those versions, your host OS can include GUI management directly on the box.  Or you can install third party tools on a core install.

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if you have more than one server it becomes irrelevant (just like USB or CD recording etc)
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if you have more than one server it becomes irrelevant (just like USB or CD recording etc)

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Hello<br />
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We want to upgrade our servers and replace it with New Servers and SAN Storage<br />
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We have Some Applications only work with Windows 2003 Server.<br />
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Is it Possible to install Windows 2003 Server on the VMWARE or Hyper V ? <br />
My second Question , what do you recommend to use between these two technologies ?<br />
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Thank you
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Hello

We want to upgrade our servers and replace it with New Servers and SAN Storage

We have Some Applications only work with Windows 2003 Server.

Is it Possible to install Windows 2003 Server on the VMWARE or Hyper V ? 
My second Question , what do you recommend to use between these two technologies ?

Thank you

VMWARE / HYPER V AND WINDOWS 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.

VMware

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

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.