Based on what we learned in the previous chapter, you now know that in order to start our System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) deployment, we need to create the install accounts and deploy the SQL database.

As discussed, VMM is required to be an Active Directory member server.

In addition, it is up to you to decide where you will deploy the SQL database based on the business requirements and your design. However, as previously stated in Chapter 1, VMM 2012 Architecture, you should always have SQL installed on a separate server. This way, you are safe to grow, and you will have scalability and high availability on the database side (if installing a SQL Cluster).

For the purpose of this chapter, we will be referring to the following infrastructure: