Microsoft Assessment and Planning (formerly Windows Vista Hardware Assessment)

Announcements

• FAQ for Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

  Baldwin Ng - MAP ToolMSFTSaturday, February 28, 2009 1:06 AM
  The latest Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQ) page for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit has been released.  You will find answers to many common questions here:
  
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd450979.aspx
  
  Thanks,
  Baldwin Ng (MAP Toolkit, www.microsoft.com/MAP)

• Welcome to the Microsoft Assessment and Planning TechNet Forum

  Baldwin Ng - MAP ToolMSFTWednesday, February 20, 2008 5:10 PM
  Hi,
  
  

  I'm Baldwin Ng, Sr. Product Manager from the Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team responsible for developing automated tools including Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios Tool, Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides, and Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (or MAP).
  
  This forum will help you ask questions or post answers to common questions on the operation of the MAP Toolkit.  Please join the forum frequently as we continue to grow the MAP Toolkit users community for self-help and ideas exchange with the MAP Toolkit development team.

  Microsoft Assessment and Planning is an agent-less scalable inventory and assessment tool that can help you discover client machines and servers on your network and assess their readiness to migrate to Microsoft technologies such as:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server
  • Windows 7 and Windows Vista
  • 2007 Microsoft Office
  • Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Virtual Server 2005 R2
  • Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid)
  • SQL Server 2008
  • Forefront Client Security and NAP

  Imagine getting a series of technology proposals that are SPECIFIC to your environment in just a few hours!  Please take advantage of this TechNet Forum to share best practice around the use of the MAP tool and ask questions if you run into any technical problems.
  
  You can get a FREE DOWNLOAD of Microsoft Assessment and Planning here: http://www.microsoft.com/MAP
  
  Or, visit our Team Blog to get more tips and tricks here: http://blogs.technet.com/MAPBLOG

  
  Look forward to lively discussions!
  
  Best Regards,
  
  Baldwin Ng
  Sr. Product Manager
  Microsoft Assessment and Planning http://www.microsoft.com/MAP
  Virtualization Solution Accelerators http://www.microsoft.com/VSA

• New Version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (version 4.0.2925) Now Available!

  Baldwin Ng - MAP ToolMSFTThursday, August 20, 2009 3:22 PM

  MAP Toolkit Users,
  
  If you are experiencing remote computer connectivity issues with the MAP toolkit (version 4.0.2920), you should try the latest release (version 4.0.2925) available from the Microsoft Download Center.
  
  MAP Toolkit Team (mapfdbk@microsoft.com)