Hi all
I am after a little bit of advice and help.
I have an existing SBS 2008 HP server and I have just received my MAPS software. As I now need to upgrade to the latest versions of the MAPS software I am looking to virtualise my servers (1 SBS and 1 2008 R2) onto a single Hyper-V server. I would like to keep my Exchange in house for the time being so I am looking to use the following VM's:
1x Windows 2012 R2 as DC
1x Windows 2012 R2 as Exchange server (with VOIP software)
First question is should I install the full version of Windows 2012 R2 and add the Hyper-V role to it or just download and install the Hyper-V server? Is there any difference in the software?
Second question is what is the best way to virtualise going from SBS 2008? would you suggest giving the DHCP and DNS roles to the physical server or apply them on the virtualised DC? I noticed that the Hyper-V settings ask for DHCP and DNS server details and this would seem to be an issue if the DHCP and DNS servers are actually VM's running on the Hyper-V server.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am very new to Hyper-V
Regards
Gareth