Considerations for creating a virtual business service

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
Before you create a virtual business service, ensure that you consider the following factors:
  • Service groups with names such as ClusterService, VBSHAService, or VCSInfraSG are internal and will not be added to a virtual business service.
  • At least one of the tiers in the virtual business service is recommended to be a multi-node cluster.
  • The names of clusters in the virtual business service must be unique.
  • No two virtual business services can have the same name, irrespective of the case.
  • The name of a virtual business service must not contain only numbers.
  • The constituent tiers can be VCS or ApplicationHA service groups as well as Microsoft Failover Clustering roles or resource groups.
See About Virtual Business Services.
See Managing Microsoft Failover Clustering from VBS.