We are pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.5 Beta. Join the MAP 8.5 beta. Accelerate your Windows Server 2012 migration with Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.5. This latest version of MAP adds...

With the release of MAP Toolkit 8.0 , we have added a new scenario to assess your Windows Azure Virtual Machine Readiness for Linux Machines . The MAP Toolkit 8.0 performs a comprehensive assessment of Windows Servers and Linux machines to determine your...

One of the most frequent questions we get at MAPFDBK@microsoft.com is how to get a list of the software discovered by the MAP toolkit on a computer by computer basis.  Most of the users who ask are using this to help them answer a licensing question...

With the release of the MAP Toolkit 8.0 , we are making available a training kit to help your understanding and capabilities of the MAP Toolkit.   Download The MAP Toolkit 8.0 Training Kit can be download at http://download.microsoft.com/download...

As 2012 winds down, I am pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.0 is now available for download.   Download the MAP Toolkit 8.0   In this version of the MAP Toolkit, there has been numerous improvements to...

With the availability of the MAP Toolkit 8.0, I would like to cover the new system requirement for installing and running the MAP Toolkit 8.0. Supported operating systems: Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (see note) Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack...

In the MAP Toolkit v8.0 we’ve rebuilt the core user interface for the entire product.  The new user interface simplifies the steps you need to follow to enable scenarios, surfaces more focused and concise information about your environment, and provides...

  MAP Toolkit 8.0 has been updated to capture Lync 2010 Usage Tracking information for Enterprise and Plus usage. In MAP Toolkit 7.0, the Lync 2010 Usage Tracking scenario only captured Standard user and device usage. This blog will provide the instructions...

When users run into problems with using MAP, they often aren’t aware of the many resources that are available to them to help solve their problem. In this article, I will discuss the many ways you can get answers to your questions and assistance if needed...

Hey folks - I know that many of you MAP fans out there are either from our SAM partner community or have used MAP in a SAM engagement.  Here’s a re-post of a recent case study performed by our friends over in volume licensing touting the value of...

In the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.0, the user interface has been updated to surface the most relevant SQL Server deployment information. Download the MAP Toolkit 8.0   The MAP Toolkit 8.0 will give you a quick look at the different...

With the release of MAP Toolkit 8.0 , we have added a new scenario to assess your Windows Azure Virtual Machine Readiness . The MAP Toolkit 8.0 performs a comprehensive assessment of Windows Servers and Linux machines to determine your level of readiness...

The MAP Toolkit team is pleased to announce MAP Toolkit 8.0 beta.  MAP Toolkit 8.0 beta has rich feature set to plan and prepare your environment to adopt next wave of Microsoft products and cloud services. The MAP Toolkit has readiness assessments...

I am putting together a blog outlining the most common references around preparing your environment before running the MAP Toolkit and troubleshooting issues. Enjoy! Topic and Link Description Prepare your environment for using the WMI collector The WMI...

With the release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0, the SQL Server Licensing documents that helps you determine SQL Server 2012 core licensing requirements has been updated. The updated document is posted here: http://download...

  Get ready for Windows Server 2012 with MAP 7.0! The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0 is now available for download.   Download MAP 7.0 now from http://www.microsoft.com...

Whew!  Just got back into town from southern Ohio where it was smoking hot!  I couldn’t help but yearn for a bit of the cool NW summer weather.  Now, that I’m back, I wanted to jump right back into the saddle with another hot topic – how...

In this topic, we will cover the final step in the Desktop Virtualization scenario in MAP 7.0 – the Desktop Virtualization Planning wizard.  Using this wizard, you will be able to generate virtual machine and session based desktop density comparisons...

In todays blog, I will show you how to capture usage tracking information for Lync 2010 with the MAP Toolkit. This information can help you determine which licensing model is best for you. This new feature provides coverage for Microsoft servers, including...

  Windows 8 has reached Release Preview milestone recently, you can download and try Windows 8 Release Preview in your environment from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/download . In this post, I will be discussing about Windows 8 Readiness...

In our next two topics in this series, we will cover the capacity planning related features in the MAP toolkit 7.0. For those of you who have used the server consolidation features in MAP, a few of these steps will seem familiar. There a couple of new...

Today, we are going to kickoff a short series that covers a new feature in MAP v7.0 – the Desktop Virtualization Planning scenario.  This is a very broad topic covering everything from virtualization of the operating system, application virtualization...

In the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0, there have been several improvements to improve efficiency of discovering SQL Server throughout your organization. In MAP 7.0, we changed the SQL Server scenario to collect less information about...

   Your feedback about the MAP Toolkit is critical to our development team.  It shapes the decisions that we make about what to build more than anything else. There are 3 core ways to give feedback. 1.  In the application. In the MAP...

With the availability of the MAP Toolkit 7.0, I would like to cover the new system requirement for installing and running the MAP Toolkit 7.0. Supported operating systems: Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 Windows...