VMware is getting more and more popular among users and it is almost the same with real machine. But the problem is VMware often meets the trouble of extremely large partition or disk size as it is installed with operating system and saves data. Is there a way to resize partition in VMware Windows Server 2008? Of course the answer is yes.
It is strongly advised to resize Windows Server 2008 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition. It has very simple operation of resizing physical disk partition or VMware virtual disk partition.

How to resize Windows 2008 Server partition in VMware
If there is not enough space in the system partition of virtual disk, we can shrink one data partition to release some space and then extend system partition. But if there is not enough space in virtual disk or other data partition, we have to extend VMware virtual disk before resizing partition.
Different form former Windows server operating systems, Windows Server 2008 built-in Disk Management Tool provides users shrink partition and extend partition features. Actually, most users find that these two features are not practical enough. But with MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition, a powerful partition magic server, resizing partition in VMware can be rather simple.
At first, download MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition and install it to VMware workstation or Server. After installation, run it and we can see partition and disk list in main interface that shows condition of all disks and partitions.



  Select one data adjacent to system partition and right click it. Select "Move/Resize" in popup menu.



Drag the border of partition handle to free an unallocated space, and then click "OK".



Right click system partition and select "Move/Resize" in the shortcut menu. As what we have done just now, we should drag the partition handle border to extend system partition.



Click "OK" after settings.



Last, click "Apply" to execute all pending operations.
To be brief, MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition is the best partition magic server as server needs extremely high security. With MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition, resizing partition in VMware can be very easy and simple.