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

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

[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 | 0 Comments

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

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

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, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V

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

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

Go Green with Microsoft!

Hi all, Did you know that Microsoft has recently appointed a new Chief Environment Strategist, Rob Bernard? It's not too late to join the Public Service Green IT and Sustainability Virtual Symposium on May 20th, 2008 and hear the latest work that Microsoft Read More...

Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 4:18 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Green IT, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Sustainability

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

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

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

Webcast Announcement for Microsoft Partners - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator (MAP)

Hello, Are you a Microsoft Partner? Are you interested in helping your customers with Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Virtualization projects? If you are, please come join our the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Partner Webcast Series next week Read More...

Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 9:23 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

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

Virtualization On the Go!

Want to learn more about Microsoft Virtualization technologies and the latest release of Virtualization Solution Accelerators while you're out and about? Check out the InfoWorld Virtualization series here! All you need to do is to download the audio clips Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:45 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Terminal Services, Application Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, Desktop Virtualization, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft Partners, Presentation Virtualization, Server Deployment, Server Virtualization, SoftGrid, Solution Accelerators, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V

Get Your Projects Off the Ground with Solution Accelerators for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1, and Microsoft Virtualization

Are you getting ready to deploy Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1 and Microsoft Virtualization technologies? Check out the brand new Solution Accelerators Microsoft is releasing this week! Today, Microsoft is launching three Solution Accelerators Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:47 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

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

Microsoft Readying Customers and Partners with New Tool for the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 Launch!

Hello IT Pros! February 27 is a big day. Windows Server 2008 will be officially launching in Los Angeles with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, kicking off in just a few hours. In support of this very important technology milestone as well as the Windows Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:02 AM by mapblog | 5 Comments

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