Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit Team Blog

Determine Linux Machine Readiness to move to a Windows Azure Virtual Machine using the MAP Toolkit

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:09:56 GMT

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...(read more)

How to get a computer by computer view of installed software using the MAP toolkit

Rob Polly - Microsoft — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:51:22 GMT

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...(read more)

MAP Toolkit 8.0 Demo Exercises are available for download

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:29:01 GMT

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...(read more)

MAP Toolkit 8.0 is Now Available for Download

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:13:43 GMT

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...(read more)

MAP Toolkit 8.0 System Requirements

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:17:35 GMT

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...(read more)

The New MAP Toolkit User Interface

Martin Beechen - Microsoft — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:01:50 GMT

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...(read more)

Using MAP Toolkit 8.0 to Assess your Lync 2010 Licensing

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:57:04 GMT

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...(read more)

Getting help using the MAP Toolkit

kdan — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:53:43 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft Software Asset Management (SAM) Helps Handle Growth, Update Licensing (case study)

Rob Polly - Microsoft — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:01:11 GMT

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...(read more)

Discovering SQL Server using the MAP Toolkit 8.0

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:45:26 GMT

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...(read more)

Windows Azure Virtual Machine Readiness and Capacity Assessment

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:38:57 GMT

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...(read more)

MAP Toolkit 8.0 Beta is available for download today!

kdan — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:53:40 GMT

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...(read more)

MAP Toolkit Useful References

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:34:20 GMT

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...(read more)

Determining SQL Server 2012 Core Licensing Using the MAP Toolkit 7.0

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:23:19 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0 Now Available

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:27:53 GMT

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...(read more)

Planning for Desktop Virtualization with the MAP toolkit 7.0 (4 of 4)

Rob Polly - Microsoft — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:05:52 GMT

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...(read more)

Planning for Desktop Virtualization with the MAP toolkit 7.0 (3 of 4)

Rob Polly - Microsoft — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:35:48 GMT

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...(read more)

Using the MAP Toolkit 7.0 to assess your software usage for Lync Licensing

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:03:02 GMT

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...(read more)

Get ready for Windows 8 with MAP Toolkit 7.0 Beta

kdan — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:10:52 GMT

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...(read more)

Planning for Desktop Virtualization using the MAP Toolkit 7.0 (Part 2 of 4)

Rob Polly - Microsoft — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:24:31 GMT

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...(read more)

Planning for Desktop Virtualization using the MAP Toolkit v7.0 (Part 1 of 4)

Rob Polly - Microsoft — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:25:27 GMT

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...(read more)

Discovering SQL Server using MAP Toolkit 7.0

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:41:31 GMT

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...(read more)

Providing feedback about the MAP Toolkit

Martin Beechen - Microsoft — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:32:47 GMT

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...(read more)

MAP Toolkit 7.0 System Requirements

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:32:55 GMT

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...(read more)

MAP Toolkit 7.0 Setup has been improved!

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:31:49 GMT

The MAP Toolkit 7.0 has been updated over prior versions by switching over to using SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB . In prior versions of the MAP Toolkit, the MAP Toolkit Setup would download and install SQL Server Express and create an instance called...(read more)