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Special Edition of TechNet Magazine on VIRTUALIZATION

Hi, The TechNet Magazine team has released the October special edition on Virtualization technologies. These articles are very good reads especially if you are just starting to consider or plan to build out a virtualized infrastructure - whether it is Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 8:54 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, SoftGrid, Solution Accelerators, TechNet Magazine, TechNet Magazine articles, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Join the Microsoft Virtualization Global Launch Event and Speak to the Virtualization Experts!

Hi, If you haven't heard about the Microsoft Virtualization Global Launch Event , it's not too late. Check out this Virtualization Launch Registration link and sign up today. This event is scheduled for September 8, 2008 in Bellevue, Washington (near Read More...

Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 8:56 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Green IT, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool, Terminal Services, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Partners

Meet the Team Series - Part 1 (Fergus Stewart from the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides Team)

Not too long ago, I caught up with Fergus Stewart, Sr. Program Manager from the Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides Team, and talked about his IT background and his latest project called Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for SCVMM 2008 (System Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:10 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, IT Professionals, Microsoft Application Virtualization, SoftGrid, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, IPD Guides

NEWS! Microsoft Support Policies and Recommendations for Exchange Servers in Hardware Virtualization Environments

This topic provides the Microsoft support policies for running currently supported versions of Microsoft Exchange Server in production in a hardware virtualization environment. This topic also provides recommendations for running Exchange Server in production Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:53 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Exchange, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, Server Virtualization, Virtual PC, Exchange Server, Virtual Server 2005 R2

[VIDEO] Live from Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 - Launch of Three New Virtualization Solution Accelerators

Hi, Reporting live from the Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 (Houston, Texas) - I am pleased to announce the launch of 3 brand new Virtualization Solution Accelerators from Microsoft. Solution Accelerators are free tools and technical guidance that are Read More...

Posted Wednesday, July 09, 2008 7:34 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: PC Security, spyware, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, SQL, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, SQL Server, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, video, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, virus, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Partners, security

[VIDEO] Tech Ed Interview - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1

A few weeks ago at TechEd North America, Kevin Remde, IT Pro Evangelist from Microsoft, got together with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit team (Jay Sauls and myself) to discuss the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 program and Read More...

Posted Friday, July 04, 2008 8:24 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: demo, Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, video, video demo, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Virtual Server 2005 R2

[RTM Alert] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 Now Available!

The wait is over! The much-anticipated Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 (MAP) has now been released to the web. Formerly known as Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, this new release is now packed with many new features such as: Hyper-V virtualization Read More...

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 5:13 AM by mapblog | 7 Comments

Filed under: Application Virtualization, Green IT, Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, WVHA, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Server 2008, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Partners

[VIDEO] Announcing Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for SCVMM 2008!

Are you thinking about virtualizing your datacenter but don't know where to start when it comes to infrastructure design? The Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides (IPD) are designed to make the IT guidance easily consumable. Each guide will walk Read More...

Posted Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:40 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: demo, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, video, video demo, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Server 2008, Virtual Server 2005 R2

The MAP Toolkit 3.1 is coming soon!

Hi all, Our team is in the final stretch to release the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 (MAP). Thanks to all of your feedback from the past years, we have incorporated many net new features including: Hyper-V Server Consolidation Assessment Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:48 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Application Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Presentation Virtualization, Server Deployment, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, Windows Server 2008, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Partners

See us at TechEd 2008 this week!

This week, our team is presenting the upcoming features for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) 3.1 at TechEd in Orlando, Florida. Hope to see you there! You should expect the MAP 3.1 beta download to be available this week as well. Baldwi Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:17 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Virtual Server 2005 R2

Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 Now Available for Download!

Hi all, Hyper-V RC1 is now available for download. That's right! It's really time for you to take a quick test-drive of this amazing server virtualization technology - plus it's part of Windows Server 2008! Get Hyper-V RC1 Here Learn more about Hyper-V, Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:05 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Microsoft Partners

Hyper-V Deployment Case Study - Sporton International

Managing 60 servers is no small feat when it comes to midsize company, Sporton International in Taiwan. With limited IT resources, Sporton decided to turn to Systex Corporation (Microsoft Gold Certified Partner) to explore options to virtualize their Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:03 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators

Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool - Beta Program Now Available

Are you having a growing number of virtual machines that may not be patched on a regular basis because they are offline? Wouldn't it be nice to have a way to maintain them with the most up-to-date security patches? Now, you have a free solution! Yes - Read More...

Posted Friday, May 09, 2008 1:24 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Hyper-V, IT Professionals, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool, OVMST, Virtualization Management, Windows Server 2008, Virtual Server 2005 R2

Top 5 Things You Need To Know: What’s Hot at the Microsoft Management Summit 2008 (MMS)

Hello IT Managers, Couldn’t break free from your job and attend the MMS 2008 conference? Don’t worry. Allow me to present to you the Top 5 Hottest Topics! · SCOM 2007 Cross Platform Extensions o Are you managing a mixed environment with Windows Server, Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:18 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Partners

Microsoft Assessment and Planning How-To Series: Part 1 (Server Virtualization Candidacy Reporting)

Hi there, This is the first installment of a series of how-to content to get you started with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning tool (MAP) . Today, we'll cover how users can use MAP to generate virtualization candidates for server virtualization (e.g. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 2:47 AM by mapblog | 6 Comments

Filed under: Hyper-V, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Deployment, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Partners