VM support for BPC

Hi folks,
I've been looking everywhere for some concrete guidelines, but haven't found what I needed - does anyone know whether SAP officially support BPC installs on a VM environment (whether for development or production)?
I would really like to find some official documentation that specifically mentions whether or not these scenarios are supported and/or recommended.
Thanks very much!
Jason

Hi Jason,
You can find the answer to your question into SAP note 1098847.
Hope it helps,
Kind Regards,
Patrick
Edited by: Patrick Favre on Feb 24, 2010 4:16 PM
Edited by: Patrick Favre on Feb 24, 2010 4:46 PM

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