Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2

2.5. Deployment Models

So far, we have covered the main components of VMM that will influence your deployment plan. With this information in hand, let's jump into understanding three very common deployment models: single datacenter, multiple datacenter, and branch office. The following sections also cover common optimizations to your VMM environment that can help improve performance.

Independent of the deployment model you choose, VMM has some fixed requirements:

• The VMM server only installs on Windows Server 2008 64-bit and must be joined to an Active Directory domain.

• All hosts under management must be in a trusted forest or authenticated using a certificate (DMZ hosts).

• All users of VMM must be valid users in Active Directory.

• VMM uses Background ...