Hardening the VMM Components

Applies To: Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1

The topics in this section describe security requirements and security best practices for the components of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)—the VMM server and database server, virtual machine hosts and library servers that VMM manages, and the Web server that hosts the VMM Self-Service Portal.

In This Section

Hardening the VMM Server

Hardening the VMM Database Server

Hardening Virtual Machine Hosts Managed by VMM

Hardening VMM Library Servers

Hardening VMM Self-Service Web Servers