VMware & Hyper-V Deployment Services — GTA & Southern Ontario
The Eighty Six Group Inc. (ESG IT Consulting) designs, deploys, and manages virtualization environments for businesses across the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario, including Hamilton, Mississauga, Brantford, Paris, London, Barrie, Cambridge, and surrounding areas. With over 10 years of hands-on experience, we specialize in both VMware vSphere/ESXi/vSAN and Microsoft Hyper-V, helping businesses choose and implement the hypervisor platform that best fits their infrastructure and budget.
What our virtualization service includes
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Hypervisor design & deployment — VMware vSphere, ESXi, vSAN, or Hyper-V, based on your existing environment and goals
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Platform assessment — honest guidance on whether VMware or Hyper-V is the better fit for your business, including licensing cost considerations
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Migration support — moving physical servers to virtual environments, or migrating between hypervisor platforms
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Performance tuning & troubleshooting — diagnosing and resolving issues affecting VM performance or stability
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Ongoing management — ensuring your virtualized infrastructure runs efficiently as your business scales
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Integration with backup & disaster recovery — working alongside our Veeam backup deployments for a complete data protection strategy
Why choose The Eighty Six Group for virtualization
We're problem-solvers first: our experience across both VMware and Hyper-V means we're not locked into recommending one platform regardless of fit — we assess your business's actual needs, existing licensing, and technical environment before making a recommendation. We work closely with clients throughout deployment and stay available afterward for troubleshooting and ongoing management.
Frequently Asked Questions
What areas do you provide virtualization services in?
We serve the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario, including Hamilton, Mississauga, Brantford, Paris, London, Barrie, Cambridge, and surrounding communities.
Should I choose VMware or Hyper-V for my business?
It depends on your existing infrastructure, budget, and licensing (Hyper-V is often included with Windows Server licensing, while VMware has separate licensing costs). We can assess your environment and recommend the better fit rather than pushing one platform by default.
Can you migrate our servers from physical to virtual?
Yes. We handle physical-to-virtual (P2V) migrations as well as migrations between VMware and Hyper-V environments.
Do you support small businesses, or only larger organizations?
Both. We've deployed and managed virtualization for organizations of varying sizes, and we scale the solution to fit, a small business doesn't need the same setup as a larger organization.
Does virtualization work with your backup services?
Yes — our Veeam backup deployments are designed to integrate directly with both VMware and Hyper-V environments for complete data protection.