SAP recommend using Hyper-V and VMM

“We can recommend Hyper-V without reservation for customers looking for the most effective way to virtualize their SAP systems or landscapes.”

Ralf Lindenlaub, Vice President for Virtualization and Cloud Management Value Prototyping/CoE, SAP

SAP Eases Deployment Time, Cost by 95 Percent; Endorses Hyper-V “Without Reservation”

Customer:
Region:	EMEA
Subsidiary:	Germany
Segment:	Enterprise
Industry:	High Tech and Electronics Manufacturing
Products & Technologies:	Microsoft Server Product Portfolio − Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter − Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1 Technologies − Hyper-V
Summary:	Enterprises and “cloud” providers that run SAP want the most powerful and effective ways to deploy and manage the software. That’s why SAP tested its software running on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V virtualization technology, and using the latest deployment and management tools from both SAP and Microsoft. The results: the SAP and Microsoft technologies reduced SAP deployment time and cost by 95 percent compared to physical deployments, and boosted management productivity by 400 percent. The newest technologies in Hyper-V give it the power, reliability, and flexibility that enterprises and providers need for SAP virtual systems and landscapes. “We can recommend Hyper-V without reservation,” says an executive.
Links:	https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=4000010713