138. BPOS-D Configuration matérielle As described in SharePoint Online Dedicated Custom Solution Policies and Process_April 2010, following table shows the current hardware configuration for production environment servers. The above machines would be necessary for heavy load and scale testing; lesser machines or virtual machines (VMs) are generally suitable for all other testing. For integration environments, Microsoft generally recommends virtual machines, which can be constrained as follows: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2003 SP2 SQL Server 2005 - on separate hardware Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 with February 2010 Cumulative Update 32-bit,1.5-GB RAM (32-bit VM fine for integration testing, but a pass on 64-bit hardware should also be done) For the production mirror environment, Microsoft recommend the following: Physical 64-bit–compatible hardware; we recommend Intel-based hardware to match production Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2003 SP2 4 GB of RAM minimum, 8 or 16 GB of RAM if load testing will be done 2 to 4 cores, 2-GHz minimum CPU 2 WFE servers and 1 index/application server Dedicated SQL Server environment, SQL Server 2005 with latest service pack Microsoft Forefront® Security for SharePoint Online with SP1