Virtualizing Exchange Server 2010 Proof of Concept

With the success of virtualization of Windows, Active Directory, and IIS servers, Source Discovery has given much consideration to virtualizing its Exchange messaging services. The messaging organization is currently running on Exchange Server 2003 server clusters, and Source Discovery would like to transition its messaging organization to an Exchange 2010 messaging environment.

The company wants to virtualize the entire Exchange 2010 messaging environment. Currently, it’s providing messaging and collaboration services for 5,000 users. Email archiving is also in use in the current messaging environment. Source Discovery has also stated that the transition of email archiving in the current environment ...

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