in our environment we use 8.6.1 with SQL 2008 r2 without Problems.
I was going through the hardware and software requirements for vw 8.6.1 and it says vworkspace management database can be hosted on SQL 2012+. We don't have the ability to upgrade the SQL servers at this time. Is there a way to host it on SQL 2008 R2? Has anyone tried it? Few more questions: Can the broker role be installed on the Windows Servers 2012 R2 core? (Core edition without GUI) Does vWorkspace Hyper-v Catalyst service support Hyper-V server? (Core edition without GUI)
VWorkspace 8.6.1 SQL requirements