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Videos: Upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 using MDT 2010

Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 1:41 PM by mattmcspirit
If you’re thinking about how best to upgrade machines within your environment from Windows XP to Windows 7, you’d be hard pressed to find a better solution than the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.  MDT 2010 allows you to deploy Windows 7 and Windows Read More...
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Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted Friday, July 17, 2009 2:21 PM by mattmcspirit
In support of the upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 campaign, the Solution Accelerators Team has updated the following guides in the Infrastructure Planning and Design series to reflect new features and capabilities available in Windows Server 2008 R2: Read More...
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Microsoft Assessment & Planning Solution Accelerator 4.0 Now Available

Posted Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:13 PM by mattmcspirit
Just under a month ago, I blogged about the beta release of the MAP tool , which, for those not familiar, is is an integrated planning toolkit that makes it easier for Microsoft customers and partners to quickly identify what servers, workstations, and Read More...
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Windows Optimised Desktop Scenarios

Posted Friday, July 03, 2009 2:46 PM by mattmcspirit
This landed in my inbox this morning courtesy of the TechNet Flash Newsletter so I thought I’d share it, as there’s a bit of virtualisation in there! As we move closer to the launch of Windows 7, a number of organisations are starting to think about their Read More...
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta Now Available!

Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 1:55 PM by mattmcspirit
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will be available in the near future. Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems? Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Beta . Over 680,000 Microsoft customers and partners Read More...
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Announcing virtualboy.tv!

Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 5:02 PM by mattmcspirit
For the last few weeks, in any spare moment I’ve had, I’ve been working away on a little side project to help enable our Partners and Customers to better understand our Virtualisation technologies.  Today, I’m happy to announce the launch of virtualboy.tv. Read More...
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Infrastructure and Planning Design Guides – New Updates

Posted Monday, November 17, 2008 12:52 PM by mattmcspirit
Yet again, I find myself blogging about these IPD guides!! My last update on the IPD guides was towards the start of October, but a couple of new ones have just been added.  I always include a refresher of what they actually are, so here you go: Read More...
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator 3.2 Released

Posted Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:52 PM by mattmcspirit
Baldwin and his team have done it again.  Release after release they are adding great features into the free MAPs tool, making it even more of a must-use tool in planning and analysing for an infrastructure change.  So, as a recap for those Read More...
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Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Solution Accelerator v3.1

Posted Monday, June 30, 2008 3:11 PM by mattmcspirit
Do you know some of the key IT Migration Challenges?  Heard these? Can my existing client machines run Windows Vista and 2007 Microsoft Office? Can my existing servers migrate to Windows Server 2008? What is the portion of physical servers that can Read More...
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XP SP3 in the public domain

Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:22 PM by mattmcspirit
XP SP3 has been released into the public domain after a short delay.  Get all the info, and the updates themselves, by following this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsxp/0a5b9b10-17e3-40d9-8d3c-0077c953a761.aspx There's also an interesting Read More...
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UK Desktop Deployment Event - 18th September, TVP

Posted Friday, September 14, 2007 10:29 AM by mattmcspirit
I know it's short notice, but some of you may still be able to make it! Microsoft UK and a number of UK Partners, are running a Desktop Deployment day, here at Microsoft Campus in Thames Valley, with the aim to provide a look in to the latest deployment Read More...
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Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1

Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:03 PM by mattmcspirit
I first blogged about this tool back in February , when it had just been released into the wild, hot on the heels of the Vista launch, but, as with most things Microsoft, it's evolved, and a new release, with some cool new features, has recently been Read More...
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Desktop Deployment Planning Services Readiness (BDD v3) Workshop for Microsoft UK Partners

Posted Monday, August 06, 2007 1:06 PM by mattmcspirit
Are you a Microsoft Partner? Deploying Vista and Office 2007? These classes could be very useful to you indeed. I'd also say it's pretty important if you are thinking of migrating over to Windows Server 2008 too, as essentially, it shares the same deployment Read More...
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Do you know your WIM from your BDD?

Posted Friday, June 08, 2007 11:14 AM by mattmcspirit
Deployment is something both James and I have been chatting about lots recently, and with good reason. According to the latest market analysis and forecasts from Gartner Group, and others, the worldwide PC market will see a significant migration to Vista Read More...
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Upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit Windows Vista

Posted Monday, June 04, 2007 11:26 AM by mattmcspirit
We had the first of our 'Ask the Expert' sessions this morning (you can still register for the others, here !) and there were a load of great questions - some even had us stumped! One of the questions that we were asked was around upgrading from Windows Read More...
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