Can anyone tell me if there are advantages to using the MAP toolkit inventory for Windows 7 planning versus using existing SMS/SCCM inventory?  My customer prefers to using their existing SMS/SCCM inventory of all PC clients, and does not want to run the MAP inventory unless their are some major advantages to the information it provides for Windows 7 readiness.© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:23:09 Z94659d4c-2b55-4f05-8e5d-e1f4c32f03b9http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/map/thread/94659d4c-2b55-4f05-8e5d-e1f4c32f03b9#94659d4c-2b55-4f05-8e5d-e1f4c32f03b9http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/map/thread/94659d4c-2b55-4f05-8e5d-e1f4c32f03b9#94659d4c-2b55-4f05-8e5d-e1f4c32f03b9kmotech2001http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=kmotech2001Can anyone tell me if there are advantages to using the MAP toolkit inventory for Windows 7 planning versus using existing SMS/SCCM inventory?  My customer prefers to using their existing SMS/SCCM inventory of all PC clients, and does not want to run the MAP inventory unless their are some major advantages to the information it provides for Windows 7 readiness.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:26:25 Z2009-06-18T21:26:25Zhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/map/thread/94659d4c-2b55-4f05-8e5d-e1f4c32f03b9#94053044-486e-4357-9cff-9668aa3dffdfhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/map/thread/94659d4c-2b55-4f05-8e5d-e1f4c32f03b9#94053044-486e-4357-9cff-9668aa3dffdfBaldwin Ng - MAP Toolhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Baldwin%20Ng%20-%20MAP%20Tool<p>Two reasons to use MAP:<br/><br/>1) MAP Toolkit is an agent-less tool that does not require software agents to be installed into the target machines (which you want to analyze their Windows 7 hardware compatibility).<br/><br/>2) MAP offers device compatibility of existing desktops for Windows 7 upgrade (i.e. which current device drivers will be compatible with Windows 7 OS).<br/><br/>Have said that, MAP Toolkit is a migration/upgrade planning tool for major Microsoft products.  It is not a management tool.  SCCM is and it offers great configuration management features that MAP does not offer.<br/><br/>So our recommendation is that if you have SCCM already and you don't mind putting together a comprehensive analysis report of Windows 7 hardware compatibility yourself, you should stick with SCCM.  But, if you need to understand existing PCs' device compatibility for Windows 7 upgrades, you may need MAP; and you if you worry about deploying agents to your target machines, you'll really like the agent-less MAP Toolkit.<br/><br/>Lastly, MAP offers other planning features like virtualization candidates assessments of under-utilized servers.  <br/><br/>Please do compare these 2 tools carefully since MAP and SCCM are developed for different needs for the most part.<br/><br/>MAP Team</p><hr class="sig">BNgSun, 12 Jul 2009 05:23:08 Z2009-07-12T05:23:08Z