Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 7.0 Beta Now Available‏

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0 Beta is now available for download. The latest release from the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) team provides organizations with tools to assess readiness for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Beta.

The MAP Toolkit’s new capabilities help you to assess the readiness of your environment for deploying Windows as well as Windows Server 2012 Beta. This update adds new scenarios specifically, the ability to plan for virtualization assessment of Linux servers and readiness assessment for desktop virtualization. Along with the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter and MAP 7.0, now you can easily migrate VMware VMs to Hyper-V for the best roadmap to the cloud. In addition to the above features, MAP 7.0 strengthens the SQL Server migration scenario with support for SQL Server 2012 discovery, and migration planning.

Download Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0 Beta:
The beta of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 7.0 is now available for download at the link below:

Note: The beta review period will run through July 5th, 2012.

Key features and benefits of MAP 7.0 Beta:
Key features and benefits of MAP 7.0 Beta help you:
  • Understand your readiness to deploy Windows in your environment with hardware and device readiness assessments
  • Determine Windows Server 2012 Beta readiness
  • Investigate how Windows Server and System Center can manage your heterogeneous environment through VMware migration and Linux server virtualization assessments
  • Size your desktop virtualization needs for both Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and session-based virtualization using Remote Desktop Services
  • Ready your information platform for the cloud with the SQL Server 2012 discovery and migration assessment
  • Evaluate your licensing needs with usage tracking for Lync 2010, active users and devices, SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 Beta

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

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