Comments on: Microsoft support for VMware: wishful thinking? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/ A SearchServerVirtualization.com blog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:06:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Eric M http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1255 Eric M Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:01:30 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/09/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1255 I tried to get Microsoft to help me today with my exchange 2003 server running in a windows 2003 R2 enterprise VM... Vmware VI3 is my platform of choice for infrastructure deployments... so when I ran the health check and "TRIED" to strip out anything 'vmware' related before sending it to them, they still were able to figure out somehow that I was running in vmware. Unfortunately for me, they basically terminated support for my problem immediately and told me "sorry we don't support vmware"...well, I don't need freaking VMware support, my VMware runs just great thank you...what I need help with is your p.o.s. exchange server product that we spent tons of money on and once I tried to "secure" it a little more with URLScan it basically hosed up OWA to the point where it wasn't even usable anymore... consequently active sync failed to work and all of my users were complaining that they couldn't get email on their phone anymore. SO, now i'm faced with the challenge of what to do with my exchange environment...personally, I'd like to take it and throw it all out the window and put something in that is more reliable in the first place but of course upper management won't have any of that. Just another reason why I absolutely HATE microsoft and their business practices, I think they are all as crooked as politicians and should be sued until the cows come home for not supporting their software by blaming it on "other" software when the problem is theirs all along. UGH, what will the next thing be..."we don't support (fill in the blank), because its running on something other than a product with which microsoft has a vested interest" ? down with the evil empire! I tried to get Microsoft to help me today with my exchange 2003 server running in a windows 2003 R2 enterprise VM… Vmware VI3 is my platform of choice for infrastructure deployments… so when I ran the health check and “TRIED” to strip out anything ‘vmware’ related before sending it to them, they still were able to figure out somehow that I was running in vmware. Unfortunately for me, they basically terminated support for my problem immediately and told me “sorry we don’t support vmware”…well, I don’t need freaking VMware support, my VMware runs just great thank you…what I need help with is your p.o.s. exchange server product that we spent tons of money on and once I tried to “secure” it a little more with URLScan it basically hosed up OWA to the point where it wasn’t even usable anymore… consequently active sync failed to work and all of my users were complaining that they couldn’t get email on their phone anymore. SO, now i’m faced with the challenge of what to do with my exchange environment…personally, I’d like to take it and throw it all out the window and put something in that is more reliable in the first place but of course upper management won’t have any of that. Just another reason why I absolutely HATE microsoft and their business practices, I think they are all as crooked as politicians and should be sued until the cows come home for not supporting their software by blaming it on “other” software when the problem is theirs all along. UGH, what will the next thing be…”we don’t support (fill in the blank), because its running on something other than a product with which microsoft has a vested interest” ? down with the evil empire!

]]> By: Everett Lewis http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1254 Everett Lewis Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:34:26 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/09/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1254 I called Microsoft pay per incident on Aug 8 with a Exchange 2007 SP1 issue on Windows 2008. Microsoft refused to continue to support or work my issue once they ran a health check on my Exchange Server. I talk to a supervisor and they flat out refused to work with me. I think this is the worse thing Microsoft could do and it can only backfire on them. Shame on you Microsoft and your Marketing people. I would not use Hypervisor - even if it FREE. This is the IE vs Netscape game all over again. DO I smell ANTI-TRUST violations I called Microsoft pay per incident on Aug 8 with a Exchange 2007 SP1 issue on Windows 2008. Microsoft refused to continue to support or work my issue once they ran a health check on my Exchange Server. I talk to a supervisor and they flat out refused to work with me. I think this is the worse thing Microsoft could do and it can only backfire on them. Shame on you Microsoft and your Marketing people. I would not use Hypervisor - even if it FREE. This is the IE vs Netscape game all over again. DO I smell ANTI-TRUST violations

]]> By: Eric Krieger http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1253 Eric Krieger Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:27:58 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/09/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1253 Just today I had to call Microsoft Support with an issue we are having with one of our Windows 2003 VMs on ESX, and I was told" "Microsoft does not support VMWare" and that they would do their best to resolve the issue....but no guarantees. Just today I had to call Microsoft Support with an issue we are having with one of our Windows 2003 VMs on ESX, and I was told” “Microsoft does not support VMWare” and that they would do their best to resolve the issue….but no guarantees.

]]> By: Rick Vanover http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1252 Rick Vanover Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:35:24 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/09/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1252 MS should not pull the support plug on installations on VMWare. Of course they can recommend otherwise, but the trend is inevitable. Further, if MS pulls 'official' support for installations on VMWare for WS2K8 or later OS, then you would see a lot of IT shops simply stop at the version before - WS2K3 for example. MS should not pull the support plug on installations on VMWare. Of course they can recommend otherwise, but the trend is inevitable. Further, if MS pulls ‘official’ support for installations on VMWare for WS2K8 or later OS, then you would see a lot of IT shops simply stop at the version before - WS2K3 for example.

]]> By: Echoes of Microsoft » Microsoft support for VMware: wishful thinking? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1251 Echoes of Microsoft » Microsoft support for VMware: wishful thinking? Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:16:41 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/09/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1251 [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptNot so, countered VMware, pointing to a couple of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles on Microsoft’s support site. For example, one such article says “For Microsoft customers who have a Premier-level support agreement, Microsoft will use … [...] [...] unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptNot so, countered VMware, pointing to a couple of Microsoft Knowledge Base articles on Microsoft’s support site. For example, one such article says “For Microsoft customers who have a Premier-level support agreement, Microsoft will use … [...]

]]> By: Ted Thomas http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1249 Ted Thomas Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:12:13 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/09/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1249 Drivers. If the hypervisor drivers correctly emulate the hardware, of whatever kind, what else is there? This will become even more true when the hypervisor "disappears" into firmware (already started with ESX3i). Does MS support it's OS running all applications built to run in Windows? Do they only support certain x86 hardware? If they can do all this, what is the deal? Is MS the problem or the solution? Virtualization will make that answer very clear... Drivers.

If the hypervisor drivers correctly emulate the hardware, of whatever kind, what else is there? This will become even more true when the hypervisor “disappears” into firmware (already started with ESX3i). Does MS support it’s OS running all applications built to run in Windows? Do they only support certain x86 hardware? If they can do all this, what is the deal?

Is MS the problem or the solution? Virtualization will make that answer very clear…

]]> By: tom http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/server-virtualization/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1250 tom Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:17:09 +0000 http://servervirtualization.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/09/microsoft-support-for-vmware-wishful-thinking/#comment-1250 One just does not tell MS the problem is occurring in a VM, most server problems are not VMware-specific. M$ will do whatever they can to squish VMware like they did with Netscape and are trying to do to Adobe and other companies. M$ doesn't really care about SMBs other than to take as money as they can from us. One just does not tell MS the problem is occurring in a VM, most server problems are not VMware-specific.

M$ will do whatever they can to squish VMware like they did with Netscape and are trying to do to Adobe and other companies.

M$ doesn’t really care about SMBs other than to take as money as they can from us.

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