New Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit8.0: improvements to improve overall usability.
Following its recent release
in November 2012, we have recorded since December 21, 2012 the new availability
of Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
8.0 Beta.
This new release of the MAP Toolkit
includes numerous improvements to improve overall usability, to help you more
or less accelerate your migration to Windows Server 2012, Windows 8,
Windows Azure Virtual Machine,
Office 2013, and Office 365.
For example:
Windows Server 2012
MAP 8.0 assesses the readiness of your IT infrastructure for a Windows
Server 2012 deployment. The feature includes detailed and actionable
recommendations indicating which machines meet Windows Server 2012 system requirements
and which may need hardware updates. A comprehensive inventory of servers,
operating systems, workloads, devices, and server roles is included to help in
your planning efforts.
Windows 8
MAP 8.0 assesses the readiness
of your IT environment for a Windows 8 deployment. This feature evaluates your
existing hardware against the recommended system requirements for Windows 8. It
provides recommendations detailing which machines meet the requirements and
which may need hardware upgrades.
Key benefits include:
· Assessment report and
summary proposal to help you understand the scope and benefits of a Windows 8
deployment
· Inventory of desktop
computers, deployed operating systems, and applications
Office 2013 and Office 365
It provides an in-depth
assessment of client desktops for upgrading or migration. The feature also
offers support for Office 365 features such as web apps, Exchange Online,
SharePoint Online, or full Office 365 client support.
Windows Azure Virtual Machines
It performs a comprehensive
assessment of Windows Server and Linux machines to determine feasibility of a
migration to Windows Azure Virtual Machines. The feature may helps you reduce
the operating costs of hosting on-premise servers, as well as estimating the
required size and monthly network and storage usage required to migrate
on-premise Windows and Linux servers to Windows Azure Virtual Machines using
actual data from the targeted environment. Has mentioned Microsoft.
