Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit Team Blog

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 Beta , 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...(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)

MAP Toolkit 7.0 Beta is available for download

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:28:53 GMT

The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0 Beta. Download and join the MAP 7.0 Beta Members, bookmark this link to get the latest project details Get ready for the private cloud with the...(read more)

MAP Toolkit does not display SQL Server database component edition

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Fri, 04 May 2012 23:40:07 GMT

Symptom: When SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 is installed on machine with SQL Server 2012, the MAP Toolkit might not be able to obtain the edition of the SQL Server database component. When this happens, the SQL Server Edition column in the SQLServerAssessment...(read more)

Determining SQL Server 2012 Core Licensing using the MAP Toolkit

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:06:32 GMT

A document has been created to help customers determine SQL Server 2012 core licensing requirements for their deployed SQL Server databases, specifically at the time of their Software Assurance renewal. It provides guidance to help customers inventory...(read more)

Simplify SQL Server licensing with MAP Toolkit 6.5

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:54:23 GMT

MAP Toolkit 6.5 has been updated to assist with you with upgrading or migrating to Microsoft SQL Server 2012 . The SQL Server Proposal , SQL Server Assessment , and SQL Server Usage Tracking reports have been updated to display the information that is...(read more)

Using the MAP Toolkit to discover Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:03:29 GMT

In this blog, I will provide the step-by-step instructions to discover Oracle, MySQL, Sybase on Unix and Linux machines. Additional Resources: An overview of the MAP Toolkit: http://microsoft.com/map The Getting Started Guide : http://download.microsoft...(read more)

Why doesn’t the MAP Toolkit report the “Number of Cores”?

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:16 GMT

Summary: When you generate a MAP report that has the “Number of Cores” columns, you may notice these columns are empty. This is a problem that exists on Windows 2003 and Windows XP systems, since these operating systems shipped before multiple...(read more)

Using the MAP Toolkit to obtain list of products installed across your environment

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:26:28 GMT

Summary: Since the number of products discovered across an enterprise can easily exceed the row limit in Excel, the MAP Toolkit does not currently have a builtin report to list the products like it does for other types of reports. However, you...(read more)

Migrating to the Database Consolidation Appliance using the MAP Toolkit

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:32:16 GMT

In this blog, I will show you how you can use the MAP Toolkit to help you to migrate to the Database Consolidation Appliance (DBC). The MAP Toolkit provides an easy way to analyze your existing infrastructure and determine recommendations for migrating...(read more)

MAP Toolkit may cause network saturation or machine to reboot

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:55:00 GMT

Symptom: Under some machine and network environments, the MAP Toolkit may cause the network to become saturated with activity and cause the machine running the MAP Toolkit to reboot. Cause: The MAP Toolkit has the ability to throttle itself on...(read more)

Using the MAP Toolkit to discover SQL Server across the Enterprise

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:03:04 GMT

In this blog, I will provide the step-by-step instructions to discover SQL Server across the Enterprise. Additional Resources: An overview of the MAP Toolkit: http://microsoft.com/map The Getting Started Guide : http://download.microsoft.com/download...(read more)

Using the MAP Toolkit for Office 365 deployments

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:18:04 GMT

In today’s episode, we welcome Peter Saddow, Sr. Program Manager from the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team as he demos for us the Microsoft Assessment Planning Toolkit (MAP) for use with Office 365 deployments. See how the MAP Toolkit can help determine...(read more)

MAP Toolkit 6.5 is available for download

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:39:06 GMT

The latest version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.5—is now available for download. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is an agentless inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely assess...(read more)

Provide your Feedback on the MAP Toolkit

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:08:10 GMT

Along with the release of the MAP Toolkit 6.5 beta, we are making several surveys available to capture your experience with the MAP Toolkit. The information that we gather from the surveys will help us with future planning. Please take some time to complete...(read more)

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 Beta

Peter Saddow - Microsoft — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:06:22 GMT

The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.5 Beta. Register for the beta and download MAP 6.5 Beta Simplify your cloud migration planning with MAP 6.5 Beta The journey to the cloud is now...(read more)

Simplify your cloud migration planning with MAP 6.0

Ana Bacioiu — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:52:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.0— is now available for download. Download MAP 6.0 Planning your journey to the cloud just got easier. The Microsoft Assessment...(read more)

Accelerate adoption of Microsoft private and public cloud platforms with MAP 6.0 Beta

venkatganti — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:31:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.0— is now available for beta download. To participate, register for the MAP Toolkit 6.0 Beta at Microsoft Connect. Join the...(read more)

Windows Azure Platform Readiness Assessment using MAP Toolkit 5.5

venkatganti — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:02:00 GMT

We launched MAP 5.5 couple of weeks ago. In the last blog, we explored on the Internet Explorer discovery scenario within the context of Windows7 deployment. In MAP 5.5, we extended the scope of MAP toolkit beyond the traditional server and desktop hardware...(read more)

Simplify Windows 7 & Windows Internet Explorer deployment planning with MAP 5.5 toolkit

venkatganti — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:04:00 GMT

Last week, in his blog " Identifying Browsers and Plugins That Might Represent a Risk" Gartner's Neil MacDonald stressed on the significance of MAP 5.5 Internet Explorer discovery scenario. With the proliferation of web browsers, and plugins such as...(read more)

Migration planning made easier with MAP Toolkit 5.5

venkatganti — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit-version 5.5- is now available for download. Download MAP 5.5 Simplify planning for migration to the latest Microsoft products and technologies...(read more)

Migration planning made easier with MAP Toolkit 5.5 Beta

venkatganti — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:18:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit-version 5.5- is now available for beta download. To participate, register for the MAP Toolkit 5.5 Beta at Microsoft Connect. Join the MAP Beta. ...(read more)

Introduction to MAP Toolkit 5.0 and an overview screencast

venkatganti — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:08:00 GMT

In the last couple of posts, I discussed SQL server discovery feature as well as Software Usage tracking feature of MAP toolkit. In this blog, I would like to introduce you to some of the technical specifics of the MAP toolkit. What the MAP Toolkit...(read more)

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Windows User State Virtualization – Now Available!

venkatganti — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:33:00 GMT

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) team has released a new guide: Windows User State Virtualization (USV). The Infrastructure Planning and Design guide for Windows User State Virtualization (USV) helps IT get started with planning a Windows...(read more)

License Compliance using Software Usage Tracking feature of MAP 5.0

venkatganti — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:41:00 GMT

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit has a new Software usage tracking capability so that partners can help customers evaluate their Server and CAL licensing needs. This new Software usage tracking feature is a positive step forward to...(read more)