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• Want to Get a Second Shot? Certification Exam for SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and more...

  Good news to all of you who are IT professionals out there! Microsoft Learning team is now offering a second shot for you to take a Microsoft certification exam for free. This is a great way to get the SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and... Posted Nov 17 2008, 02:41 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows, virtualisation, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, Virtualization, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, SQL 2008, Hyper-V, MAP, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, MAP Toolkit, Microsoft Hyper-V Server

• [RTM News!] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 for Power Savings and Management Now Available!

  Today, the Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team is pleased to announce the RTM release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 that sports news features such as Power Savings Calculator. Click here to learn more about today’s FULL ANNOUNCEMENT... Posted Nov 03 2008, 11:13 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: news, virtualisation, Microsoft, Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, IT Professionals, rtm, Green IT, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Sustainability, MAP Toolkit, RTM Announcements

• [RTM News] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Now Available!

  Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkt 3.2 New Features Expanding to assess readiness for Microsoft Online Services, SQL Server 2008, Forefront Client Security, and Network Access Protection Many of you are in the midst of an IT migration or upgrade... Posted Nov 03 2008, 04:11 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Video, news, Windows, virtualisation, Windows Vista, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, Virtualization, SQL Server 2005, case study, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2000, TechNet Magazine, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, demo, virus, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, SQL 2008, anti-spyware, anti-virus, rtm, Green IT, online services, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Case studies, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management, Microsoft Online Services, Sustainability, video demo, SQL 2000, PC Security, customer evidence, TechNet Magazine articles, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, MAP Toolkit, RTM Announcements, Microsoft Hyper-V Server

• [NEWS!] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta Now Available!

  Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta Now Available! Many of our customers do not know what computers are in their IT environment or what applications have been deployed. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 3.2 Beta makes... Posted Oct 14 2008, 05:57 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, news, Windows, virtualisation, Windows Vista, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, Virtualization, SQL Server 2005, case study, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Katmai, virus, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, SQL 2008, anti-spyware, anti-virus, Green IT, online services, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Case studies, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft Online Services, Sustainability, SQL 2000, PC Security, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program

• [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... Posted Oct 09 2008, 02:42 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: news, virtualisation, Microsoft, Virtualization, case study, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Hardware Assessment, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Hyper-V, Case studies, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management, SCVMM 2008, customer evidence, MAP Toolkit

• 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... Posted Sep 26 2008, 04:21 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Virtualization, IT Professionals, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, MAP Toolkit

• [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... Posted Sep 16 2008, 02:30 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Virtualization, Softgrid, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, rtm, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool, OVMST, MAP Toolkit, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, RTM Announcements, IPD Guides

• 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... Posted Sep 10 2008, 09:14 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Virtualization, case study, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Green IT, Hyper-V, Case studies, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management, customer evidence

• Special Edition of TechNet Magazine on VIRTUALIZATION

  Hi, The TechNet Magazine team has released the October special edition on Virtualization technologies. These articles are very good reads especially if you are just starting to consider or plan to build out a virtualized infrastructure - whether it is... Posted Sep 04 2008, 02:54 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Softgrid, TechNet Magazine, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management, TechNet Magazine articles

• 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... Posted Sep 03 2008, 02:50 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Windows Vista, Microsoft, SQL, Virtualization, case study, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, virus, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Microsoft application Virtualization, Case studies, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, customer evidence

• Join the Microsoft Virtualization Global Launch Event and Speak to the Virtualization Experts!

  Hi, If you haven't heard about the Microsoft Virtualization Global Launch Event , it's not too late. Check out this Virtualization Launch Registration link and sign up today. This event is scheduled for September 8, 2008 in Bellevue, Washington... Posted Aug 22 2008, 02:56 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Terminal Services, Microsoft Partners, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Green IT, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management, Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool

• NEWS! Microsoft and Novell Expand Successful Interoperability Relationship

  Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. are announcing an incremental investment in their relationship to meet accelerating customer demand for their business model solution, which is designed to build a bridge between open source and proprietary software to... Posted Aug 20 2008, 07:02 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Interoperability, Virtualization, Linux, Novell, IT Professionals, Suse Linux

• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit How-To Series: Part 2 (Customized Reporting using SQL Queries)

  For 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... Posted Aug 01 2008, 07:25 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Windows Vista, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, Virtualization, SQL Server 2005, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, virus, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, SQL 2008, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, SQL 2000, PC Security, SQL Queries

• [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... Posted Jul 04 2008, 02:24 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, Windows Vista, Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management

• [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... Posted Jun 29 2008, 11:13 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Green IT, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management

• 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... Posted Jun 26 2008, 07:48 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Presentation Virtualization

• See us at TechEd 2008 this week!

  This week, our team is presenting the upcoming features for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) 3.1 at TechEd in Orlando, Florida. Hope to see you there! You should expect the MAP 3.1 beta download to be available this week as well. Baldwin... Posted Jun 10 2008, 01:17 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning

• Hyper-V Release Candidate 1 Now Available for Download!

  Hi all, Hyper-V RC1 is now available for download. That's right! It's really time for you to take a quick test-drive of this amazing server virtualization technology - plus it's part of Windows Server 2008! Get Hyper-V RC1 Here Learn more... Posted May 20 2008, 10:05 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Microsoft Partners, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning

• Hyper-V Deployment Case Study - Sporton International

  Managing 60 servers is no small feat when it comes to midsize company, Sporton International in Taiwan. With limited IT resources, Sporton decided to turn to Systex Corporation (Microsoft Gold Certified Partner) to explore options to virtualize their... Posted May 20 2008, 01:03 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning

• Go Green with Microsoft!

  Hi all, Did you know that Microsoft has recently appointed a new Chief Environment Strategist, Rob Bernard? It's not too late to join the Public Service Green IT and Sustainability Virtual Symposium on May 20th, 2008 and hear the latest work that... Posted May 15 2008, 10:18 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Green IT, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Sustainability

• Top 5 Things You Need To Know: What’s Hot at 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... Posted May 01 2008, 02:18 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning

• [VIDEO] Microsoft Assessment and Planning How-To Series: Part 1 (Server Virtualization Candidacy Reporting)

  [VIDEO] Microsoft Assessment and Planning How-To Series: Part 1 (Server Virtualization Candidacy Reporting) Check out this 20-minute demo to explain how you can use the MAP tool to generate server virtualization candidates. The demo is starts around mid... Posted Apr 24 2008, 02:25 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, Microsoft Partners, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning

• 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... Posted Apr 22 2008, 08:47 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning

• 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... Posted Mar 07 2008, 04:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management

• Virtualization On the Go!

  Want to learn more about Microsoft Virtualization technologies and the latest release of Virtualization Solution Accelerators while you're out and about? Check out the InfoWorld Virtualization series here! All you need to do is to download the audio clips... Posted Mar 05 2008, 09:45 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Terminal Services, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Presentation Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization Management