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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>MOF and Service Management at Microsoft : Plan and Optimize</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/Plan+and+Optimize/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Plan and Optimize</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Planning for ISO/IEC 20000: A MOF Companion Guide (Open Beta Now Available)</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/2009/05/03/planning-for-iso-iec-20000-a-mof-companion-guide-open-beta-now-available.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 23:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3234591</guid><dc:creator>jasono</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/comments/3234591.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3234591</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3234591</wfw:comment><description>The Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) team is extending the MOF 4.0 core content with the release of companion guides. These guides are intended to help business and technical decision makers and IT pros perform IT-related activities effectively and...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/2009/05/03/planning-for-iso-iec-20000-a-mof-companion-guide-open-beta-now-available.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3234591" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/MOF/default.aspx">MOF</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/Plan+and+Optimize/default.aspx">Plan and Optimize</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/ISO+20000/default.aspx">ISO 20000</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/IEC+20000/default.aspx">IEC 20000</category></item><item><title>Planning for Software-plus-Services: A MOF Companion Guide (Now Available for Download)</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/2009/05/03/planning-for-software-plus-services-a-mof-companion-guide-now-available-for-download.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 23:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3234589</guid><dc:creator>jasono</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/comments/3234589.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3234589</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3234589</wfw:comment><description>The MOF team has released a new guide, Planning for Software-plus-Services: A MOF Companion Guide . Download it now: Download — Planning for Software-plus-Services The Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) team is extending the MOF 4.0 core content with...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/2009/05/03/planning-for-software-plus-services-a-mof-companion-guide-now-available-for-download.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3234589" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/MOF/default.aspx">MOF</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/Plan+and+Optimize/default.aspx">Plan and Optimize</category></item><item><title>The Plan and Optimize Phase of the IT Service Lifecycle</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/2007/11/25/the-plan-and-optimize-phase-of-the-it-service-lifecycle.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2562018</guid><dc:creator>jasono</dc:creator><slash:comments>8</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/comments/2562018.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2562018</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/mof/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=2562018</wfw:comment><description>Picking up from the last posting where I detailed our overall approach to the IT Service Lifecycle and briefly discussed the purposes of each of the four phases, today I wanted to drill into a bit more detail into the Plan and Optimize (P&amp;amp;O) phase....(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/2007/11/25/the-plan-and-optimize-phase-of-the-it-service-lifecycle.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2562018" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/MOF+Update/default.aspx">MOF Update</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/MOF/default.aspx">MOF</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/Service+Management/default.aspx">Service Management</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/SMF/default.aspx">SMF</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/IT+Lifecycle/default.aspx">IT Lifecycle</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/IT+Business+Planning/default.aspx">IT Business Planning</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/Service+Management+Function/default.aspx">Service Management Function</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/mof/archive/tags/Plan+and+Optimize/default.aspx">Plan and Optimize</category></item></channel></rss>