More and more SAP customers are turning to server virtualization in one form or another. Right now most SAP virtualization projects are occurring in non-production environments. But once virtualized server environments offer the overall reliability and performance that SAP users seek from their mainstream operating environments, most SAP customers will undoubtedly be running their mission-critical SAP applications on virtual servers.

This e-book examines the trend toward running mission-critical SAP applications on virtualized servers, as well as questions such as these:

• Why has SAP's platform-agnostic approach fueled its emergence at the front of the virtualization pack
• Which SAP administration skills are needed to run SAP software on virtualized servers?
• What can companies do when virtualization support issues arise, particularly in terms of avoiding lengthy support calls?