This session will focus on VMware’s and EMC’s considerations and best practice guidelines for setting up virtualized Microsoft Exchange 2010 infrastructure, based on testing in EMC’s and VMware’s labs and from lessons learned from deploying some of the largest and most demanding Exchange environments in production sites. Topics will include virtualization, deployment scenarios, support considerations, storage optimization, and protection options.

Attendees of this event will:

• Know how Exchange 2010 has changed compared to Exchange 2007  

• Understand how to virtualize all of the Exchange roles including mailbox servers

• Understand recommended storage architectures for Exchange 2010

• Choose the right protection strategy for Exchange 2010 from backups & recovery to DR and automation