Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.5 Beta Now Available
Migration planning made easier with MAP Toolkit 5.5 Beta.
Simplify planning for upgrade or migration to the latest Microsoft products and technologies with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 Beta. This multifaceted tool is now even better—with assessment for easier migration to Windows Azure and SQL Azure, heterogeneous database discovery (of MySQL, Oracle and Sybase instances) for SQL Server migration projects, Internet Explorer 8 upgrade assessment, and much more—MAP 5.5 Beta includes new features to help customers streamline planning for their next migration project.
The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 Beta.
Simplify planning for upgrade or migration to the latest Microsoft products and technologies with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 Beta. This multifaceted tool is now even better—with assessment for easier migration to Windows Azure and SQL Azure, heterogeneous database discovery (of MySQL, Oracle and Sybase instances) for SQL Server migration projects, Internet Explorer 8 upgrade assessment, and much more—MAP 5.5 Beta includes new features to help customers streamline planning for their next migration project.
Customer Benefits
Assess your environment for upgrade to Windows 7 and Windows Internet Explorer 8 (or the latest version). Are your customers looking for a tool to simplify their organization's migration to Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8—and, in turn, enjoy improved desktop security, reliability and manageability? The MAP 5.5 Internet Explorer Upgrade Assessment inventories their environment and reports on deployed web browsers, Microsoft ActiveX controls, plug-ins and toolbars, and then generates a migration assessment report and proposal—information they need to more easily migrate to Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 (or the latest version).
Identify and analyze web application, and database readiness for migration to Windows Azure and SQL Azure. Customers cansimplify their move to the cloud with the MAP 5.5 automated discovery and detailed inventory reporting on database and web application readiness for Windows Azure and SQL Azure. MAP identifies web applications, IIS servers, and SQL Server databases, analyzes their performance characteristics, and estimates required cloud features such as number of Windows Azure compute instances, number of SQL Azure databases, bandwidth usage, and storage.
Discover heterogeneous database instances for migration to SQL Server. Now with heterogeneous database inventory supported, MAP 5.5 helps customers accelerate migration to SQL Server with network inventory reporting for MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase instances.
Enhanced server consolidation assessments for Hyper-V.
Enhanced server consolidation capabilities help customers save time and effort when creating virtualization assessments and proposals. Enhancements include:
- Updated hardware libraries allowing you to select from the latest Intel and AMD processors.
- Customized server selection for easy editing of assessment data.
- Data collection and store every five minutes for more accurate reporting.
- Better scalability and reliability, requiring less oversight of the data collection process.
- Support for more machines.
Call to Action
Join the MAP Beta: Invite customers to join the beta review program for MAP Toolkit 5.5. We’d like your feedback too. Visit Microsoft Connect to download the beta materials.
Tell us what you think! Test drive our beta release, and send us your constructive feedback. Send your feedback and questions to the MAP Development Team. We value your input; this is the perfect opportunity to be heard. MAP 5.5 will be available for beta download through January, 14, 2011.
Tell your peers and customers about Solution Accelerators! 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. Please forward this to anyone who wants to learn more about MAP and Microsoft Solution Accelerators. Learn more.
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