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I see that the host OS of VirtualBox can be Windows Werver 2008, but it doesn't explicitly say 2008 R2. Can it equally run on Windows Server R2?

Also can the guest OS be Windows Server 2008 R2?

Thomas Stringer
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    Have you tried? – womble Mar 07 '12 at 00:27
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    @womble I find it best practice not to work haphazardly with OS and virtual environment installs. – Thomas Stringer Mar 07 '12 at 00:43
  • wtf glad to see somebody was able to make sense of this nonsense post. – tony roth Mar 07 '12 at 01:36
  • @tonyroth Please tell me what doesn't make sense. I thought my question quite clear. I'll clarify if need be. But it seems like ftiaronsem understood it perfectly. – Thomas Stringer Mar 07 '12 at 01:40
  • nice to see that the post was edited makes more sense now. But why run virtual box when you already have hyper-v? – tony roth Mar 07 '12 at 01:54
  • hyper-v is free, but I kinda see what your doing here so ok I guess. – tony roth Mar 07 '12 at 01:58
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    no preference unless you really want to scale up then go for hyper-v or esxi otherwise you're good to go. – tony roth Mar 07 '12 at 02:05
  • I have to admit this sounds like a terrible idea. If you already own a license for Server R2, you can install the Hyper-V role. Hyper-V will give you a much better virtualization environment than VirtualBox. –  Mar 07 '12 at 02:30
  • don't think he's trying to use it like we'd use a traditional hypervisor he just wants to run a desktop thats virtual which VB give better options as in I think it supports usb etc... – tony roth Mar 07 '12 at 02:34

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Virtualbox will certainly run on Windows Server 2008 R2. I have never found a Windows or Linux host on which VirtualBox did not run. The guest OS can also be Windows Server 2008 R2. I have one running right next to me.

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