My end goal is to install exchange 2013 either virtualized on server 2012 core with native hyper-v or on a physical server with server2012. With exchange 2013 being such a "hoss" of a program, i am trying to understand the benefits of virtualizing exchange 2013. With the current procedure of:
-install server 2012 core and configure core install, along with hyper-v role and hyper-v management tools
-config new vm (config nic's, storage, ram, processors.......) and install server 2012 on that vm
-install exchange 2013 on that full server 2012 vm
With all that installation and configuring, i don't see the benefit to installing exchange in a virtualized environment opposed to installing exchange on a physical server. Can someone tell me the benefit or maybe i have the process wrong?