Windows Server System software not supported within a Microsoft Virtual Server environment (897614)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition English (United States)
  • Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Standard Edition English (United States)
  • Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Standard Edition
The following Windows Server System software is not supported within a Microsoft Virtual Server environment:
  • Microsoft Speech Server Speech Server requires telephony hardware not available in a virtualized hardware environment, and thus Speech Server is not supported when run within Virtual Server.
  • Microsoft ISA Server 2000 ISA Server 2000 is currently not supported running within Microsoft Virtual Server.
  • Microsoft ISA Server 2004 ISA Server 2004 is currently not supported running within Microsoft Virtual Server.
  • Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server SharePoint Portal Server is currently not supported running within Virtual Server. Support for SharePoint Portal Server within Virtual Server is expected in a future release.


According the the Network Load Balancing (NLB) support team, NLB is not supported within a Virtual Server image.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/20/2006
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