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[Case Study] Costco Uses Virtualization to Save Space, Reduce Costs, and Increase IT Agility

Costco Wholesale Corporation is a major international wholesale distributor with revenues approaching U.S.$70 billion. Costco began using virtualization technology in 2006 and has expanded its investment to include Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise with Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 8:42 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft, customer evidence, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, News, Server Virtualization, Virtual Server 2005 R2, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, MAP, MAP Toolkit, Solution Accelerators, Hyper-V, SCVMM 2008, case studies, case study, System Center Virtual Machine Manager

[RTM Alert] Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for App-V 4.5 Now Available!

Hello, The Virtualization Solution Accelerators family now has a new member! Today, we are pleased to announce the release of the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for App-V 4.5 . This guide provides you with key information to bring your Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:30 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft, IT Professionals, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, OVMST, RTM, RTM Announcements, SoftGrid, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows, Windows Vista, MAP, MAP Toolkit, Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool, IPD Guides, Solution Accelerators, Hyper-V, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides

Microsoft Launching Hyper-V, App-V and SCVMM to the World (Part 2 - Hyper-V Case Studies)

Want to see how companies can reap tangible benefits of Hyper-V virtualization? Check out how these 2 latest case studies from Atlantic Journal-Constitution and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and see how you can benefit from a more agile and cost-effective Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:14 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Microsoft, customer evidence, Green IT, IT Professionals, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, MAP, MAP Toolkit, Solution Accelerators, Hyper-V, case studies, case study, System Center Virtual Machine Manager

Microsoft Launching Hyper-V, App-V and SCVMM to the World (Part 1)

On September 8, 2008, over 1,000 Microsoft customers attended the Virtualization launch of Microsoft virtualization products including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services, and Read More...

Posted Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:17 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Microsoft, Application Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Green IT, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, OVMST, Server Virtualization, SoftGrid, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows, Sustainability, MAP, MAP Toolkit, Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool, IPD Guides, Linux, Solution Accelerators, Hyper-V, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Virtual PC

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 | 1 Comments

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

Customer Stories for Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) has been in the market since February 2008 earlier this year. Many of you have adopted this tool as the de facto standard for IT assessment and planning for your IT migration projects, from Hyper-V datacenter Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:50 PM by mapblog | 2 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Microsoft, customer evidence, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Deployment, Server Virtualization, SoftGrid, SQL Server 2008, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, SQL, virus, MAP, Solution Accelerators, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, case studies, case study, security

[VIDEO] MICROSOFT ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING TOOLKIT 3.1 SHORT VIDEO SERIES - PART 2 (SQL SERVER 2008 MIGRATION)

SQL Server 2008 is here! View the short video below to see how you can quickly find all of your SQL servers and identify good candidates for migration to SQL Server 2008. View the video demo below or click this MAP Toolkit demo link here Download the Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:07 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, video, video demo, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, SQL, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, MAP, Katmai, Solution Accelerators, demo, SQL Server, WVHA, Microsoft Partners

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit How-To Series: Part 2 (Customized Reporting using SQL Queries)

To all of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit users out there, you must be wondering about this... Since MAP Toolkit is a database-driven tool, if the MAP Toolkit auto-generated reports and proposal documents do not provide the specific data Read More...

Posted Saturday, August 02, 2008 1:25 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, PC Security, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, SQL, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, SQL Queries, virus, MAP, Solution Accelerators, SQL Server, WVHA, security

[VIDEO] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 Short Video Series - Part 1 (Windows Vista and PC Security)

Want to learn how to determine if your networked PCs are ready for Windows Vista? Need to know if your PCs are secured (e.g. Are their Windows Firewall turned off? Is anti-virus software not installed?) Check out this short video to see how the Microsoft Read More...

Posted Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:13 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, PC Security, spyware, video, video demo, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, virus, MAP, Solution Accelerators, demo, WVHA, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Microsoft Partners, security

[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: Windows Server 2008, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, PC Security, Server Virtualization, spyware, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, video, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, SQL, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, virus, MAP, Solution Accelerators, SQL Server, WVHA, Hyper-V, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, 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: Windows Server 2008, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, video, video demo, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Solution Accelerators, demo, WVHA, Hyper-V

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

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

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