This question was asked internally and I thought the information was worth sharing, so thanks to Mark Stanfill for providing the answer:
SBS 2003 is supported in virtual environments. The only unsupported component is ISA 2004, which (for rather obvious reasons) is not supported on Virtual Server (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/897614/). Exchange also has a number of hardware and software requirements that need to be very carefully weighed against a hardware solution. For the complete rundown, see these articles:
Support policy for Exchange Server 2003 running on hardware virtualization software
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;[LN];320220
Microsoft Virtual Server support policy
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;[LN];897613
Running Domain Controllers in Virtual Server 2005
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=64DB845D-F7A3-4209-8ED2-E261A117FC6B&displaylang=en
Virtual Server Technical Overview White Paper
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/overview/vs2005tech.mspx
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David
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Thu, Jul 13 2006 10:26 AM
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David Overton