Production Virtualization for SMB

I'm a big fan of virtualization. Most of you know that. But you probably don't know that we use SBS + SCVMM together very successfully around here.

Recently I wrote a post over on Microsoft Canada's TechNet IT Pro blog about Production Virtualization for SMB - SC-VMM, Server 2008 and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.

When I show people how cool SCVMM is, the first thing I hear is about how expensive it must be. It's not. Microsoft is coming out with a SMB version in the new year which they are calling "Workgroup Edition". That allows you to manage 5 hosts and as many guests as you like, for about $100 a physical box. Great value for the money when you consider the centralized management and great visualization. Never mind the VM checkpoints which makes patch management much easier to manage.

So check out the post. And then give SCVMM a try. You might be pleasantly surprised how well it works in the SMB space.