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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 | 0 Comments

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

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 | 0 Comments

Filed under: case studies, case study, customer evidence, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, MAP, Microsoft, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Deployment, Server Virtualization, SoftGrid, Solution Accelerators, SQL, SQL Server 2008, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, virus, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Partners, 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: demo, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, Katmai, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Solution Accelerators, SQL, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL 2008, SQL Server, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, video, video demo, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Partners

[VIDEO] Get Ready to Migrate to SQL Server 2008 with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1

SQL Server 2008 has just been released to manufacturing! And with the SQL Server 2000 already going out of mainstream support , it is now time to start planning for migrating your older SQL servers to SQL Server 2008! To help you get started more quickly, Read More...

Posted Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:56 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

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

[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, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, WVHA, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Server 2008, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Microsoft Partners

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

TechEd 2008: Announcing Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 Beta Release

Hello, In case you haven't heard, we announced the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 Beta release at TechEd 2008 North America today in Orlando Florida. Many of you approached us months ago that you'd like to see a Hyper-V assessment support. Read More...

Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 10:21 AM by mapblog | 2 Comments

Filed under: Hyper-V, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Virtual Server 2005 R2

Join the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Tool - Private Beta with Hyper-V Assessment!

Hello, In case you're on the MAP tool beta before for the version 3.0, you should already have received a notification to join the Private Beta for MAP 3.1 slated to release in June 2008. This MAP 3.1 beta will include the much anticipated Hyper-V modeling Read More...

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:56 AM by mapblog | 3 Comments

Filed under: Hardware Assessment, Hyper-V, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Server Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Virtual Server 2005 R2

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

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

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

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