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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 SQL Server 2008 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 SQL Server Database Instance Discovery. Click here to learn more about... Posted Nov 03 2008, 07:50 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, news, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, demo, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, SQL 2008, rtm, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, video demo, SQL 2000, SQL Queries, 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

• Test Drive the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta

  If you haven't heard, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta is now available for a free download. From desktop deployments, server deployments, virtualization, datacenter consolidation, Green IT, PC security, Microsoft Online Services... Posted Oct 26 2008, 12:04 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, news, Windows, virtualisation, Windows Vista, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, Virtualization, SQL Server 2005, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, SQL 2008, Green IT, online services, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management, Microsoft Online Services, SCVMM 2008, Sustainability, PC Security, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program

• [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

• 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... Posted Sep 29 2008, 05:59 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Webcast, Windows, Windows Vista, Webcasts, SQL, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, IT Professionals, Green IT, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft Online Services, PC Security, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program

• October Edition of TechNet Magazine Online

  Virtualization: An Introduction to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 The introduction of Hyper-V makes virtualization an even more compelling solution for IT environments. Get an overview of today’s virtualization market and see how Hyper-V improves... Posted Sep 17 2008, 08:58 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: TechNet, Virtualization, SCVMM, Windows Server 2008, Tips & Tricks, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, SCVMM 2008, App-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... Posted Sep 12 2008, 04:30 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: news, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, Virtualization, SQL Server 2005, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, SQL 2008, Green IT, online services, Hyper-V, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Microsoft Online Services, Sustainability, SQL 2000, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program

• 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

• 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... Posted Sep 03 2008, 03:13 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Webcast, Windows Vista, Webcasts, Microsoft, SQL, Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, SQL 2008, Green IT, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, PC 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... 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

• [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... Posted Aug 07 2008, 01:07 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, SQL Server 2005, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Katmai, demo, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, SQL 2008, MAP, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, video demo, SQL 2000

• Virtualization Solution Accelerators

  Here is a list of the different Virtualization Solution Accelerators we have at Microsoft: Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Hyper-V and App-V - http://www.microsoft.com/MAP Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Hyper-V, App-V... Posted Aug 05 2008, 10:15 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: System Center, Virtualization, SCVMM, TechEd, Windows Server 2008, Tips & Tricks, Hyper-V, MAP, ipd, App-V, TechEd IT Professional

• 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

• Windows Server 2008 Solution Accelerators

  All, just wanted to call out this resource building on my pervious blog entry about MAP Windows 2008 Solution Accelerators Use proven guidance and automated tools in these Solution Accelerators to assess your hardware and deploy and securely operate Windows... Posted Jun 17 2008, 02:08 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Architecture, Windows Server 2008, Andrew Bennett, Application Virtualization, MAP

• Microsoft Assessment and Planning 3.1 beta program

  May be old news but worth calling this out again! One of the most valuable tool for virtualisation is free and comes from Microsoft. It's called Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP), it's a capacity planning product that supports hardware and... Posted Jun 16 2008, 02:48 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Architecture, Windows Server 2008, 4.5, Andrew Bennett, Hyper-V, MAP

• 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... Posted Jun 13 2008, 04:21 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning

• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 Beta with Hyper-V support

  No IT project can be successful unless the specific network environment is well understood.  To help IT professionals and Microsoft Partners solve common migration issues and assist them in planning their virtualization efforts, the Microsoft Solution... Posted Jun 13 2008, 01:18 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Vista, Office 2007, TechNet, SQL Server, Virtualization, Virtual Server 2005, announcement, Windows Server 2008, Tips & Tricks, SQL 2008, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, MAP, Microsoft Assesment and Planning Toolkit

• 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... Posted May 28 2008, 09:56 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Virtualization, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Hyper-V, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management

• MAP 3.0 Overview and Demo....

  With a lot of buzz around Hyper-V there are some great ways to gather some reporting information about what potential platforms and good candidates for Virtualization. I was asked on Friday on just how can we gather information for good Candidates!? Well... Posted May 25 2008, 06:00 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Justin Zarb, Hyper-V, MAP

• 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

• 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