Hi, everybody.

I'm checking if Microsoft will provide support for Windows Server 2008 R2 running on a VM on vSphere 5.5 Update 2. So far what I've found at http://windowsservercatalog.com is:

Filtering vendor VMware and Windows Server 2008 R2, it shows vSphere up to version 5.0 update 1

http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/results.aspx?&chtext=&cstext=&csttext=&chbtext=&bCatID=1521&cpID=2274&avc=34&ava=0&avq=0&OR=1&PGS=25&ready=0

http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/item.aspx?idItem=c92e5cbd-9690-b62a-2ace-843390ac3ea4&bCatID=1521

Filtering vendor VMware it shows vSphere 5.5 update 2, but details only Windows Server 2012, not Windows Server 2008 R2.

http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/results.aspx?&chtext=&cstext=&csttext=&chbtext=&bCatID=1521&cpID=2274&avc=0&ava=0&avq=0&OR=1&PGS=25&ready=0&PG=2

http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/item.aspx?idItem=ef39c5b2-2f5b-5b73-08e2-c07fecdadcff&bCatID=1521

Does that mean Microsoft doesn't support Windows 2008 R2 on vSphere 5.5 update 2?

I'm aware Windows Server 2008 R2 lifecycle is close to EOL, but customer requires this specific version for application compatibility.

Thanks

More than likely it just means they stopped testing at version 5.

I concurr, but still the question remains.

VMware does show it as supported:

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=software&testConfig=16&productid=15178&releaseid=271&supRel=271,&deviceCategory=software&details=1&partner=110&releases=271&operatingSystems=59&productNames=115&testConfigurations=16&osFamily=4&osType=4&page=1&display_interval=10&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc&testConfig=16

What does Microsoft say?

Thanks