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

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

[Beta Announcement] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Coming...

Hello, Our team is pleased to announce that we are opening the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta Program for registration. In this new release, we will offer an extended set of functionalities that will include: SQL Server migration assessment Read More...

Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 10:30 PM by mapblog | 4 Comments

Filed under: Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Green IT, Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V, MAP, MAP Toolkit, Microsoft, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft Online Services, News, Online Services, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, SQL, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, SQL Server, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, Sustainability, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, WVHA

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

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

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

Webcast Alert - Increasing Business Opportunities in Challenging Economic Times with Microsoft Solution Accelerators

Webcast Alert for Microsoft Partners Webcast Title: Increasing Business Opportunities in Challenging Economic Times with Microsoft Solution Accelerators Abstract: Do more with less – an increasingly important theme for every IT director and business owners. Read More...

Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:13 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Desktop Deployment, Green IT, Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V, MAP, Microsoft, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft Partners, PC Security, security, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, SQL, SQL 2008, SQL Server 2008, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, webcast, webcasts, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hyper-V is Here! And the MAP Toolkit is just around the corner!

This is the shortest blog post I've ever done! Key message is: "Hyper-V is Here!" Congrats to the Hyper-V team and special thanks to all of the our TAP and RDP customers! Get Hyper-V NOW! And yes, we are only a few more days away from MAP Toolkit 3.1 Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:18 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

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