In this chapter so far, you have come to know different ways to set up virtual machines. Every technique is straightforward and with automation the methods will let you create virtual machines on the fly. It is quite evident now that setting up virtual machines is not a daunting task; it's the planning that requires a great deal of homework and thought. In the second chapter you saw how the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit helped you assess an environment and identify which servers should be used as Hyper-V hosts or decommissioned, as well as what would be the total expected virtual workload if you plan to consolidate them. That does help in planning the capacity of the Hyper-V hosts. In the next stage, you will consider designing virtual machines and plan their capacity from the application perspective which they would be hosting. Planning a virtual machine for an application is almost the same as planning it for a physical...