TechNet Webcast: Virtualization of Production Workloads Including Active Directory, SQL Server, and Others (Level 200)  

In other webcasts, we explained how Contoso started the process of virtualization for some of its earlier servers. Contoso is also considering consolidating its servers running Microsoft SQL Server. In this session, we look at the Contoso path to SQL Server consolidation and describe the possible solutions that can be deployed. We concentrate on the single server virtualization approach in this presentation; we explore the high-availability approaches in related webcasts. In this session, we also cover some of the best practices and tips for virtualization of infrastructure workloads, such as the Active Directory directory service, file and print, and Web servers, and the benefits of mixed workload virtualization.

Presenter: Rajiv Arunkundram, Senior Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation