Need Assistance with microsoft vitual machine

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Hi,
I’m looking for help with Microsoft virtual machines if anyone can please help me with this. Basically what I want to do is setup multiple virtual O.S.'s on one computer and am wondering if I can network all the virtual computers. What O.S.'s I’m using are Windows server 2008 R2 (X64), Windows XP Pro (X86), Windows 7 Ult (X64 + X86), Windows vista Ult (X86). The server O.S. is also running multiple SQL database's (2 of them).

If anyone can help me with this I would greatly appreciate your help or suggestions. I did Google for help but could not find anything. Also if some has asked this before I’m sorry didn't see the post.
 
You can't run x64 VMs on Microsoft Virtual PC/Server. You'll want to run either Microsoft's Hyper-V (Standard role/feature on Windows 2008/2008R2) or install VMWare Server/Workstation if you plan on running VMs on a Windows Server machine. If not, go ESXi or Xen.
 
Yeah if you're familiar with MS products go hyper v otherwise for performance esxi is the best IMHO.
 
Virtualbox supports 64bit Hosts/Guests if that's your concern

You can also set up a Virtualbox-only network that only the virtual PCs and the host-system can see
 
Just had a look at the Virtualbox website, looks very interesting but it says it supports 32bit and not 64bit
 
Apologies... Had a previous post that did not show up.
Thanks for your quick response, The server has'nt been setup as yet, but the base OS is going to be Server 2008 R2 64bit as for the version for VMware i am not quite sure as its the first time i am fiddling with Vitual Machines.

I am currently preparing for MCITP qualifications and would like to have virtual machines networked to my server.

My computer specs are as follows just in case:

i7 950 3.06GHZ
4GB DDR3 1333
1TB HDD
 
I'm sure Virtualbox supports 64-bit guests.
VirtualBox 4 User Manual said:
3.1.2 64-bit guests
VirtualBox supports 64-bit guest operating systems, even on 32-bit host operating systems, provided that the following conditions are met:
1. You need a 64-bit processor with hardware virtualization support (see chapter 10.3, Hardware vs. software virtualization, page 155).
2. You must enable hardware virtualization for the particular VM for which you want 64-bit support; software virtualization is not supported for 64-bit VMs.
Click to expand...

64-bit host support has been available for a while now.
 
That many slave OSs will need at bare minimum 3gig of Ram discounting the overhead of Server 2008 64 WITH SQL servers
 
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