As companies continue to consolidate and look for best possible uses of both existing and new computer hardware, nowhere is this more apparent than server management. Perhaps some of the biggest areas of benefit for a virtualized environment can be found in putting the right applications support processes on the right servers.

By choosing the right physical servers and the right configurations in support of those applications, there are significant benefits to be realized by virtualizing your SQL environment. There are, however, some pitfalls to putting this type of solution in place. This paper will provide you some best practices and key success stories that you can use in designing and implementing your own virtualized SQL environment.