This report provides a comprehensive analysis of IT virtualization, focusing on its impact, potential, design, deployment, and management. It begins by examining current virtualization solutions, including operating system, application server, application, network, hardware, storage, and administrative virtualization. The report identifies technical requirements for implementation, such as CPU, RAM, and hard disk storage, and critically evaluates different solutions based on scalability, redundancy, and cost. It then presents a need analysis for a virtualization solution, followed by a proposal and design for a virtualization environment, including steps for planning, installation, configuration, testing, and fine-tuning. The report also includes a detailed test plan and analysis of test results. Finally, it discusses tools and procedures for management and monitoring of virtualization, including the selection of appropriate tools and maintenance strategies, concluding with a critical reflection and justification of the chosen solutions. This document is available on Desklib, where students can find similar assignments and study tools.