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Introduction

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BizTalk Virtualization

Microsoft BizTalk Server supportability on a virtual machine


The following table indicates the supportability of hosting a BizTalk Server virtual machine. In this table, "Yes" means that it is fully supported.

Virtualization program BizTalk Server 2010
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 No
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Yes
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, including Hypervisor Yes
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Yes
SVVP certified * Yes
Non-SVVP certified Commercially reasonable support

Table above is derived from Microsoft Support: Microsoft BizTalk Server supportability on a virtual machine

The following table describes the operating systems and the versions of SQL Server that are supported when you use different versions of BizTalk Server 2010:

   BizTalk Server 2010
Windows 2000   No
Windows XP  No
Windows XP Professional, 64-Bit Edition  No
Windows Server 2003  No
Windows Server 2003, 64-Bit Edition  No
Windows Vista, including 64-bit  Yes, with Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or later service pack
Windows Server 2008, including 64-bit  Yes
Windows 7, including 64-bit  Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2, including 64-bit  Yes
SQL Server 7.0  No
SQL Server 2000
  No
SQL Server 2000, 64-Bit Edition
  No
SQL Server 2005, including 64-bit  No
SQL Server 2008, including 64-bit  Yes, with SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 or later service pack
SQL Server 2008 R2, including 64-bit  Yes
SQL Server Desktop Engine  SQL Server Express Edition is supported, but is not recommended

Table above is derived from Microsoft Support: Summary of 64-bit support, operating systems and SQL Server versions supported by BizTalk Server

The following table describes 64-bit support for the different versions and editions of BizTalk Server:

   64-bit Operating System Support  Native 64-bit Execution Support
 BizTalk Server 2010
  All Editions Enterprise Edition
Standard Edition
Developer Edition
Branch Edition
Evaluation Edition

Note The Standard Edition is supported for native 64-bit execution.


Licensing BizTalk Server on Virtual Machine

Similar to SQL Server Enterprise, BizTalk Server 2010 ENT can be licensed for unlimited virtualized processors that are available on a single physical server. As customer you will be required to license the number of physical processors on a server.

White papers explaining licensing in a virtual server environment are located at Volume Licensing Brief Downloads

Ready made BizTalk Server 2010 Virtual Machines (VHD)


Microsoft provides ready made BizTalk Server 2010 virtual machines you can download:

See Also

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