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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

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Application Virtualization, IT Professionals, Microsoft Partners, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, SQL Server 2008, Microsoft, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, case studies, case study, customer evidence, Exchange Online, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IT Managers, IT Management, IPD, System Center Operations Manager, System Center, System Center Configuration Manager, App-V, Baldwin Ng, zune HD, case study contest

Don't Compromise Your IT! Modernize It!

Here's my latest blog post on the " Because It's Everybody's Business " site on Microsoft.com. The article titled " Don't Compromise Your IT! Modernize It! " lays out a few key challenges and solutions to help you save IT costs while maintaining agility Read More...

Posted Sunday, October 18, 2009 3:05 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, Hardware Assessment, Solution Accelerators, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, MAP Toolkit, Windows, virtualisation, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IT Management, Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios, IPD, System Center, WODS, DirectAccess, BIEB, New Efficiency, Because it's everybody's business, Baldwin Ng, WODT, Windows Optimized Desktop Toolkit

[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

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, Terminal Services, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Presentation Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, IT Professionals, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, security, SQL, SQL 2008, SQL Server 2008, News, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, Online Services, Windows, SCVMM 2008, Exchange Online, Network Access Protection, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IT Managers, IT Management, Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios, IPD, System Center Operations Manager, System Center, System Center Configuration Manager, App-V, WODS, SQL Server Solution Accelerators, DirectAccess

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

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Virtual Server 2005 R2, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, SoftGrid, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Application Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Microsoft Partners, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, WVHA, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Deployment, SQL 2008, SQL Server 2008, Microsoft, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, MAP Toolkit, Microsoft Online Services, Windows, virtualisation, Exchange Online, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IT Managers, IT Management, Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios, Deployment Tools, IPD, MED-V, MDOP, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, System Center Operations Manager, System Center, System Center Configuration Manager, SharePoint Online, App-V, OD, WODS

[RTM] Service Level Dashboard 2.0 Solution Accelerator Now Available

Back in April I mentioned about the Service Level Dashboard 2.0 Beta. Well, it's been just released recently. Check it out! This free Solution Accelerator collects and monitors operational measurements for your line of business (LOB) applications. Its Read More...

Posted Friday, June 05, 2009 7:51 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Solution Accelerators, System Center Operations Manager, System Center

[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

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Server Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, video, Microsoft, IPD Guides, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, MAP Toolkit, virtualisation, IT Managers, IT Management, Hyper-V Security Guide, IPD, System Center, VMware

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

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Server Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Desktop Deployment, Microsoft, News, MAP Toolkit, Microsoft PressPass, Events, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, IT Managers, IT Management, cloud services, Desktop Deployment Tools, Deployment Tools, Windows 7 Deployment Tools, MDT, Hyper-V Security Guide, System Center Operations Manager, cloud computing, System Center, System Center Configuration Manager, MMS