BPC 7.5 MS stability

Hi Experts,
I need a clarification .If I upgrade version ,Will BPC MS 7.5 is stable ? and SQL Server Install ?And have a confusion about Virtualization will support this application? Thankyou.
Regards
Prabhu

Hi Prabhu,
In addition to above information, upgradation does not have any bad impact on BPC functionalities, infact it is good to upgrade as the drawbacks of earlier versions of BPC have been removed and the product has been enhanced. As far as SQL server is concerned, it is advisable to get SQL Server 2008 installed in your system as SQL server 2005 has some performance issues with it.
Virtualization supports all BPC environments except Production and also works absolutely fine.
Hope this clarifies further.
Regards,
Poonam

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