Whitepaper: Infrastructure Planning and Design for Application and Server Virtualization

One month afte the beta release, Microsoft is ready to publish its first Solution Accelerator whitepaper for virtualization.

The first document, called Infrastructure Planning and Design for Application and Server Virtualization, includes guides to select of the best virtualization technology, about SoftGrid, Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 and upcoming codename Viridian.

The documents provide guidance about:

  • Definition of the technical decision flow through the planning process
  • Listing of decisions to be made and the commonly available options and considerations
  • Relating the decisions and options to the business in terms of cost, complexity, and other characteristics
  • Framing decisions in terms of additional questions to the business to ensure a comprehensive alignment with the appropriate business landscape

Download it here.