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Win Zune HDs Now - Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides Case Study Contest

Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team is currently looking for deployment stories around the use of the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Series . Winners chosen by the IPD Team will each receive a Zune HD music player. Infrastructure Planning and Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:23 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

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[RTM News] Just Released: Planning and Design Guidance for Microsoft Virtualization Technologies

Today, the Infrastructure Planning and Design Team from Microsoft Solution Accelerators is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for Windows Server Virtualization and System Center Virtual Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:30 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, MAP, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, MAP Toolkit, virtualisation, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IPD, System Center, Baldwin Ng

[NEWS!] Launch of the New Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides Portal

The Infrastructrure Planning and Design Team is pleased to announce the new web portal that will help Microsoft customers and partners more easily find the IT guidance for different product and technology scenarios. The Infrastructure Planning and Design Read More...

Posted Friday, September 18, 2009 5:52 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

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Jumpstart Your IT Projects with Proven Guidance and Tools from Microsoft

I often ran into customers and partners who wish they could have spent LESS time on deployment planning and deploy faster and start benefitting from the value of the software earlier. Picking the right technologies like server, desktop, and application Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 25, 2009 4:52 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

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[VIDEOS] Compare before you buy: A Case for Hyper-V versus VMware Licensing Cost and Architecture

Are you interested in virtualizing your datacenter so you can drastically reduce your server footprint and power/cooling costs? Are you considering virtualization but a bit worried that you may pay too much with virtualization solution from companies Read More...

Posted Tuesday, May 05, 2009 6:47 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

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Microsoft Management Summit 2009 Highlights

This week, Microsoft hosted the annual Microsoft Management Summit 2009 (MMS) where industry experts and Microsoft customers congregate the share knowledge and best practices on the latest management technologies and OS platform enhancements from Microsoft. Read More...

Posted Friday, May 01, 2009 6:18 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

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[News!] SCVMM 2008 R2 Beta is available NOW

Virtualization is reaching the masses in IT organizations big and small. You may have heard of the Hyper-V server virtualization technology that can help you consolidate datacenter servers. But, how do you manage the increasing number of virtual machines? Read More...

Posted Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:24 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

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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

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[NEWS!] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta Now Available!

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta Now Available! Many of our customers do not know what computers are in their IT environment or what applications have been deployed. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 Beta makes Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:57 AM by mapblog | 3 Comments

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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 | 2 Comments

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NEWS! Sign up for Virtualization Roadshow in the US - it's FREE!

Hi, The Microsoft US team is hosting a series of FREE virtualization roadshow events around the country. Please join and learn more about how Virtualization can transform your IT infrastructure by adding flexibility while reducing operational costs. Baldwin Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 6:44 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

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NEWS! No-Cost Hypervisor from Microsoft + System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Release Announcement

Yesterday, Microsoft announced the release of the no-cost hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. Also, the much-anticipated System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 product is scheduled to be released by end of October. Lastly the Microsoft Services Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 5:10 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Virtualization, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Virtualization Management, Microsoft, News, virtualisation, SCVMM 2008, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, Microsoft PressPass

NEWS! Microsoft's New Virtualization Service Offering - Server Virtualization with Advanced Management

The Microsoft Services team has announced the brand new service offering that will help customers like you quickly assess, plan and deply Hyper-V virtualization. Check out the information below and download the Microsoft Service offering brochure . See Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 6:50 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Virtualization, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft, News, MAP Toolkit, virtualisation, Microsoft Services

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

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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

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