We'd like to hear from you regarding your satisfaction of the MAP Toolkit 4.0 Beta program! Please fill out this short satisfaction survey before July 2nd, 2009 (5pm Pacific Time) and you may be one of the first 20 respondents who will get a free copy...

I often ran into customers and partners who wish they could have spent LESS time on deployment planning and deploy faster and start benefitting from the value of the software earlier. Picking the right technologies like server, desktop, and application...

Have you tested the latest Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta yet? To express our thanks for your beta program participation, we will offer a Zune 120GB music player to one beta participant. The criteria are simple. At the end...

For those of you who are fans of the MAP Toolkit, you ought to consider this hidden gem from Microsoft Solution Accelerators team. If you are interested in deployment cost-saving technologies for your desktop infrastructure, read on... Windows Optimized...

Hello, Microsoft Solution Accelerators team has recently released the IT Infrastructure Threat Modeling Guide . You may want to check it out! Organizations today face an increasing number of threats to their computing environments. You need a proactive...

Are your customers planning on deploying remote access solutions like DirectAccess? Join this Microsoft Partners Focus Group at the Worldwide Partner Conference and tell us what you need to help you design the security and remote access infrastructure...

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in the near future. Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems? Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta . Over 680,000 Microsoft customers and partners...

The new Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide: SharePoint Online—Evaluating Software-plus-Services presents a clear comparison of SharePoint collaboration technologies across on-premises, standard hosting, and dedicated hosting scenarios. Use...

Back in April I mentioned about the Service Level Dashboard 2.0 Beta. Well, it's been just released recently. Check it out! This free Solution Accelerator collects and monitors operational measurements for your line of business (LOB) applications....

You're invited to join us for a special LIVE webcast to see how you can use the MAP Toolkit 4.0 Beta to determine the readiness of your infrastructure for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This webcast will also include a live demo and Q&A session...

According to the Windows Server Division Blog and Windows 7 Team Blog , the RTM and general availability (GA) dates of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are as follows: Windows 7 RTM: On track for July 2009 (2nd half) Windows 7 GA: October...

The Solution Accelerators team is researching the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity space, and would like to better understand the challenges you face when planning for a Disaster Recovery scenario. Please complete this 5-minute survey, and be...