Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Beta 1 now open!

We’re happy to announce that the beta for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 is now open.

We encourage you to join the beta review program and help influence the development of the toolkit. To participate, register for the MAP Toolkit 5.0 Beta 1 at Microsoft Connect.

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 is an agentless tool designed to simplify and streamline the IT infrastructure planning process across multiple scenarios through network-wide automated discovery and assessments. This Solution Accelerator performs an inventory of heterogeneous server environments and provides you with usage information for servers in the Core CAL Suite, a data center infrastructure assessment survey, and a readiness assessment for the most widely used Microsoft technologies—now including Office 2010.

Is your organization spending valuable resources planning its IT infrastructure? Participate in the MAP Toolkit 5.0 Beta 1. Take an early look at this release, and provide timely feedback to help ensure that our development team best meets your needs.

Next steps:

· Join the MAP Toolkit 5.0 Beta 1. Then tell us what you think!

· Help us spread the word—share the beta invitation link with your friends.

· Send your comments to the MAP dev team.

The beta 1 will run through mid-April. That means now is the time to join the beta program, take an early look at this toolkit, and provide us with your feedback.