BPOSitive

The MAP toolkit has been updated to include testing for sysetm readiness for BPOS deployment. This system will inventory online resourcesa and create reports tell you what needs to be done to get ready for deployment.

 

Some if it's features include:

In-Depth Readiness Reporting

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) generates reports containing both summary and detailed assessment results for each migration scenario. The results are provided in both Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word documents. Reports are generated for the following scenarios:

·         Identification of currently installed Windows Client operating systems, their hardware, and recommendations for migration to Windows Vista. This tool also reports if desktops have anti-virus and anti-malware programs installed or if the Windows Firewall is turned on.

• Identification of currently installed Windows Server operating systems, their hardware, and recommendations for migration to Windows Server 2008.
• Identification of currently installed Microsoft Office software and recommendations for migration to Microsoft Office 2007.
• Detailed assessment and reporting of server utilization gathered using the Performance Metrics Wizard.
• Recommendations for server consolidation and virtual machine placement using Hyper-V or Virtual Server 2005 R2.
• Assessment of client machines, servers, and the technology environment for the implementation of Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid).  
• Reporting of SNMP-enabled devices found in the environment during inventory.
• Security Assessment:  Create a report on existing client computers to identify machines where Security Center, antispyware, antivirus or firewall products are not found or are not running correctly.
• Microsoft SQL Server Assessment:  Create a report on existing client and server computers to identify machines where Microsoft SQL Server instances are found.
• Virtual Machine Inventory:  Create reports that identify virtual machines in your computer environment.
• Power Savings Assessment: Create a proposal to identify server and client machines running in your environment and understand the power management capabilities available.
• Optimized Desktop Scenario Selection Tool: This tool defines common-usage scenarios to help organizations choose the client computing scenarios that best meet the unique needs of their businesses. Use the Windows Optimized Desktop Scenario Selection Tool to identify one or more Optimized Desktop scenarios that suit your organization’s needs.

Note   The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) will generate localized reports for Windows Vista migration, Office 2007 migration, and non-Windows devices if the Display Language, configured on the computer generating the reports is set to German, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. 

  

Very nice!

Strongly suggested.