There was a time when Microsoft prohibited running Microsoft
Exchange inside virtual environments due to the unknown ways by which the
hypervisor-based environment could negatively impact the operation of Exchange.
However, those days are long gone as Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server
2016 deployments are increasingly virtualized. Virtual environments allow
Exchange professionals to increase server resources, Exchange Server protection
and migration or recovery tasks in the event of problems. This acceptance of
Exchange into the world of virtualization has taken place as a result of
massive improvements in modern hypervisors coupled with massive improvements in
Microsoft Exchange. Now, organizations using Exchange can easily leverage their
hypervisor investments and implement Exchange just like any other application
in the environment.
This leading to prospective employers wanting Exchange
administrators who know Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware vSphere to support
virtualized deployments. Even if a prospective employer's Exchange deployment
isn't yet virtualized, finding a candidate with virtualization expertise can be
an essential part of an Exchange admin job description. Something to consider
then selecting a training partner for your organization.
