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

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

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Microsoft, Application Virtualization, Green IT, Microsoft Application Virtualization, News, Server Virtualization, SoftGrid, Terminal Services, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Management, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Solution Accelerators, Presentation Virtualization, Hyper-V, Events, SCVMM 2008, System Center Virtual Machine Manager

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

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

New Site for Microsoft Partners - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) is a network-wide assessment tool that helps both Microsoft customers and partners accelerate their IT planning through the use of our agent-less assessment engine. Today, I am happy to announce the recent Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:43 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft Assessment and Planning, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, MAP, MAP Toolkit, Microsoft Partners

Webcast Alert! Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta

Hi Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) fans! Are you curious what MAP Toolkit 3.2 Beta looks like? Come join the webcast on October 10 and you will get a sneak peek. We have only 50 lines open so first come first serve! Date and Time: October Read More...

Posted Monday, September 29, 2008 11:59 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Application Virtualization, Beta Announcements, Beta Program, Green IT, IT Professionals, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, PC Security, SQL Server 2008, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Windows, Windows Vista, SQL, MAP, MAP Toolkit, webcasts, Hyper-V, Microsoft Online Services, webcast, security

Virtualization TechCenter Going Global!

Remember you first heard about Virtualization technologies and found yourself wandering around the web endlessly to find out all there was to know about the Microsoft virtualization products? Well, we got good news here! We now have expanded the Virtualization Read More...

Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 10:21 PM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft, Application Virtualization, IT Professionals, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, virtualisation, Virtualization, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, MAP, MAP Toolkit, Hyper-V

Are You A PC? :-)

Are you a PC? Do you love your PC? You know, the PC that helps you get your work done, check emails and surf the web, shop for cool shoes, share your kid's pictures with granny, flirt with your girlfriend and more. As for me, I used a PC to get through Read More...

Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 7:04 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft, Bill Gates, I am a PC, Seinfeld, video, Windows, Windows Ads, Windows Vista

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

Interviewing with Microsoft CIO Tony Scott - on Microsoft IT, Virtualization and more...

Here's the CNET interview of Microsoft CIO Tony Scott. Read on to hear his thoughts on IT operations at Microsoft, Virtualization and more. You are here for an environmental conference, EcoForum. I'm curious what is going on in that area? I know power Read More...

Posted Monday, September 15, 2008 5:40 PM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft, Microsoft Executive Interviews, virtualisation, Virtualization, Windows, Online Services, Hyper-V

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

Microsoft Launching Hyper-V, App-V and SCVMM to the World (Part 3 - Interoperability)

Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. are announcing the availability of a joint virtualization solution optimized for customers running mixed-source environments. The joint offering includes SUSE ® Linux Enterprise Server from Novell ® configured and tested Read More...

Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 2:26 AM by mapblog | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft, Interoperability, Novell, virtualisation, Virtualization, Linux

Seinfeld and Bill Gates - New ads on Windows!

Hello, In case you haven't heard, the new Seifeld + Bill Gates commercials are out. Each "episode" is getting funnier and funnier. Note they are teasers, so there'll be more to come. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/windows/ Enjoy! Baldwin Read More...

Posted Friday, September 12, 2008 2:17 AM by mapblog | 0 Comments

Filed under: Bill Gates, Seinfeld, Windows Ads, Windows Vista

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

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