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[Beta News!] Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide (Beta) for DirectAccess Now Available!

Are you looking to deploy DirectAccess available from the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems? And, are you planning to allow users to access corporate resources (such as e-mail servers, shared folders, or intranet Web sites) securely Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:59 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: IT Professionals, Solution Accelerators, video, security, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, IT Managers, IT Management, Desktop Deployment Tools, Deployment Tools, Windows 7 Deployment Tools, IPD, DirectAccess

[News!] Coming Soon: Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Windows 7 DirectAccess

Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing last month and one of the best enterprise features is DirectAccess . This feature allows remote users to securely access enterprise shares, Web sites, and applications without connecting to a virtual private Read More...

Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 8:01 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, Beta Program, Windows, virtualisation, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios, Deployment Tools, Windows 7 Deployment Tools, IPD, App-V, DirectAccess

Win Cool Prizes - Fill out the MAP Toolkit 4.0 Beta Satisfaction Survey!

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 Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:24 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, MAP, WVHA, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, MAP Toolkit, Beta Program, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

[NEWS!] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Now Available

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 Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:42 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

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[Tech·Ed 2009 Video] Catch the Wave Part 2: Accelerating Planning for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

Are you ready for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2? Were you not able to attend TechEd 2009? Check out this TechEd 2009 video interview as Bryan Von Axelson and Baldwin Ng discuss how you can use the free solution accelerator, Microsoft Assessment Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:06 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, Server Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, WVHA, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Deployment, video, Microsoft, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Windows, virtualisation, Events, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IT Managers, Windows 7 Deployment Tools, MDT, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, IPD, Tech·Ed

[NEWS] Announcing the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Program for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Are you getting ready for or evaluating a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 migration? Join this beta program and test out the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 that will help you with hardware inventory, OS compatibility assessment for Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:23 PM by mapblog | 3 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, WVHA, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Windows 7 Deployment Tools

[NEWS!] Beta Announcement - Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for SharePoint Online

SharePoint Online—Evaluating Software-plus-Services The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is working on a new guide: SharePoint Online—Evaluating Software-plus-Services. Get the beta by visiting the Connect Web site at: https://connect.microsoft.com/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=1587&InvitationID=IRSS-MRP9-7QCT&SiteID=14 Read More...

Posted Monday, May 04, 2009 6:04 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Solution Accelerators, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Microsoft Online Services, Software plus Services, IPD, SharePoint Online

[NEWS!] New Version of Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit - now compatible with Windows 7 Beta

Hello IT Users! Back by popular demand of the Windows 7 Beta Program , our team has just released a new version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 (Build 2315) that now gives you the newly-added capability of running this MAP Toolkit Read More...

Posted Friday, February 06, 2009 6:50 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, SoftGrid, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Partners, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, MAP, WVHA, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Deployment, Desktop Deployment, Green IT, Sustainability, video, demo, video demo, security, PC Security, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, SQL 2000, SQL Server, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, News, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Online Services, Microsoft Online Services, RTM, RTM Announcements, Windows, virtualisation, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, Forefront Client Security, NAP, Network Access Protection, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, IT Managers, IT Management

First Experience with Windows 7 Beta

I spent the weekend using Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) and the experience has been great. A few points worth noting: OS Installation - Superb! It went very smoothly as expected. No issues there! Device Drivers - I was able to get my Samsung LCD and printers Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:38 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, MAP, WVHA, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Windows, Windows 7

Top Sites about Windows 7

Hi there, I've been testing Windows 7 beta build 7000 for the past couple of days, and will be posting my personal take on it shortly. So far, I am more than impressed by the installation, device drivers, performance, and overall user experience. You Read More...

Posted Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:16 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Solution Accelerators, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Desktop Deployment, Microsoft, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Windows, Windows 7

Windows 7 Beta Available Through February 12 - see details here

The Windows 7 team announced the timeline for the shutdown of general availability for Windows 7 Beta , which will occur in 3 phases over the next few weeks. You're encouraged to download and trial Windows 7 Beta soon...so don't miss out! Starting January Read More...

Posted Monday, January 26, 2009 5:24 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, WVHA, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Windows, Windows 7

[NEWS!] Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V R2 Beta Released!!

Last week at Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft released the Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta which includes major updates on the very popular virtualization technology Hyper-V. Key features include: DirectAccess LiveMigration for virtualization BranchCache Read More...

Posted Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:15 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Virtualization, Hyper-V, Server Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, News, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Windows, virtualisation, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V

[NEWS!] Windows 7 Beta is Here! Download Now!

The Year of 2009 is kicking off to a great start. In front of a big crowd at CES 2009, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, announced the Windows 7 Beta availability . What's New in Windows 7? Work the way consumers want With Windows 7, Microsoft paid special Read More...

Posted Saturday, January 10, 2009 1:04 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Solution Accelerators, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, News, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Windows, Microsoft PressPass, Windows 7

[NEWS!] Microsoft Online Services Now Available!

Today, at a launch event in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division at Microsoft Corp., announced the availability of Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft SharePoint Online for businesses of all sizes in the United Read More...

Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 8:55 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Exchange, Microsoft, News, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Online Services, Microsoft Online Services, RTM, RTM Announcements, Microsoft PressPass, Events, Exchange Online

Test Drive the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta

If you haven't heard, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta is now available for a free download. From desktop deployments, server deployments, virtualization, datacenter consolidation, Green IT, PC security, Microsoft Online Services Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 26, 2008 6:04 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, SoftGrid, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Hardware Assessment, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, WVHA, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Green IT, Sustainability, security, PC Security, SQL, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Microsoft, News, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Online Services, Microsoft Online Services, Windows, virtualisation, SCVMM 2008