Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

Announcements

• FAQ for Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

  Baldwin Ng - MAP ToolMicrosoft EmployeeSaturday, February 28, 2009 1:06 AM
  The latest Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQ) page for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit is available on the TechNet Wiki:
  http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/microsoft-assessment-and-planning-toolkit-frequently-asked-questions-faq.aspx
  
  

• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.5 Now Available

  Michael Switzer [MSFT CSG] Monday, August 01, 2011 4:45 PM

  The latest release from the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) team provides organizations with tools to simplify public and private cloud migration planning.

  Download the MAP Toolkit 6.0: http://www.microsoft.com/map

  Simplify your cloud migration planning with MAP 6.0

  Planning your journey to the cloud just got easier. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0 includes assessment capabilities to evaluate workloads for both public and private cloud platforms. With MAP 6.0, you now have the ability to identify workloads and estimate the infrastructure size and resources needed for both Windows Azure and Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track. Also, new to MAP 6.0, is an Office 365 client assessment, enhanced VMware inventory, and Oracle schema discovery and reporting. Expanded assessment and discovery capabilities from MAP help you simplify planning for your next migration project. Plan what's next with MAP.

  New features and benefits from MAP 6.0 release help you:

  •      Analyze your portfolio of applications for a move to the Windows Azure Platform

  •      Accelerate private cloud planning with Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track onboarding

  •      Identify migration opportunities with enhanced heterogeneous server environment inventory

  •      Assess your client environment for Office 365 readiness

  •      Determine readiness for migration to Windows Internet Explorer 9

  •      Discover Oracle database schemas for migration to SQL Server

  Learn more

  Visit the MAP home page: http://www.microsoft.com/map

  Get the latest news straight from the MAP team: http://blogs.technet.com/mapblog

  MAP works with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Security Compliance Manager to help you plan, securely deploy, and manage new Microsoft technologies —easier, faster, and at less cost. Learn more at http://www.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators.

  Follow Solution Accelerators on Twitter to get the latest tips and updates:@MSSolutionAccel

• Welcome to the Microsoft Assessment and Planning TechNet Forum

  Baldwin Ng - MAP ToolMicrosoft EmployeeWednesday, 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

• Join the Beta program! Help make MAP BETTER!

  Michael Switzer [MSFT CSG] Wednesday, June 29, 2011 5:25 AM

  To join the beta program, simply follow these steps and help us make MAP the best it can be!

  • Go to http://connect.microsoft.com and click “Sign In” (in the upper right of the page)
  • If you are not already registered with Microsoft® Connect, it will guide you through a quick (and free) registration process
  • Make sure you say “yes” to being contacted about participating in new Microsoft Connect programs or you won’t get an email notification for future MAP beta programs.
  • Once you have completed the registration, sign in to Microsoft® Connect
  • Search for "Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit"
  • Click join and you will be notified of beta programs and opportunities!