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Asked: 2026-05-11T16:39:10+00:00

I’ve developed few little Sharepoint application on Microsoft Virtual PC but now we start

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I’ve developed few little Sharepoint application on Microsoft Virtual PC but now we start a new and bigger project on Sharepoint.

What do you think? Should we switch from VPC to VMWare (Server?) or there is no significant performance differences?

(Developer’s hardware: notebook with external hard drive, 2GB memory, Core 2 Duo)

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think as Lazarus that you should stay with what you know. But for the case you search something new: There is also VirtualBox which I use since a half year for my dev-machines.

    Reason: It runs faster as VPC and has some nice features. Also I can use this Software under Windows as much as under Linux/Unix

    Edit

    I think for SharePoint Development the only one really important thing is the remote debugger. Everything else is just “nice to have”.

    • VPC vs. VMWare Workstation: VMWare wins. It has a lot really nice features, but nothing important for Sharepoint.
    • VPC vs. VirtualBox: VirtualBox wins. Also because of the nice to have features.
    • VMWare Workstation vs. VMWare Server: VMWare Workstation wins. You can use the free Server edition, but I don’t see the point to change?!
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