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We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.1 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. This release of the MAP Toolkit helps increase the agility and cost effectiveness of deploying the latest Microsoft technologies. MAP 9.1 helps organizations assess their environment readiness for Windows 8.1 and Office 365, track usage of Windows Server 2012 R2, Lync Server 2013, SharePoint Server 2013, Exchange Server 2013, System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2, and SQL Server 2014.  It also helps assess migrations from on-premises to Azure.

Discovery of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

MAP 9.1 adds the discovery and reporting of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. With the addition of Hyper-V to the Windows client OS in Windows 8, MAP will now correctly report the virtualization technology and hypervisor version.

Windows Server 2012 R2 as a platform for server virtualization

When using MAP to plan your server consolidation/virtualization project, you can now specify Windows Server 2012 R2 as the virtual machine host platform.

Improved SQL Server Discovery

In this version of MAP we expanded the discovery of SQL Server to include components installed independent from the database engine. For example, instances of stand-alone SQL Server Reporting Services will now be included in the MAP SQL Discovery report. MAP 9.1 also adds discovery of the Data Quality Services and Master Data Services which were added in SQL Server 2012. Finally, MAP 9.1 includes the discovery of SQL Server 2014 as well as the collection of UAL data for SQL Server 2014.

Download MAP Toolkit 9.1 now!

You asked, We listened

As part of the MAP team’s ongoing improvement initiatives for this release, we reviewed a number of feedback submissions and implemented changes based on the MAP community’s suggestions.  We’d love to hear more. Please send comments and suggestions to mapfdbk@microsoft.com.

MAP Toolkit 9.2 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.2 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. This release of the MAP Toolkit helps increase the agility and cost effectiveness of deploying the latest Microsoft technologies. MAP 9.2 helps organizations assess their environment readiness and migrations from on-premises to latest Azure Servers.

Windows 2008 Server Discovery

MAP 9.2 adds the discovery of Windows 2008 in addition to existing Legacy Windows Servers. The reports would also distinguish the OS architecture of these Servers.

New Performance Counters in Performance Metrics Reports

In this version of MAP we added four performance counters to the existing counters being collected in Performance Metrics Reports. This is to add the reporting of the CPU speed in the summary report.

Download MAP Toolkit 9.2 now!

You asked, We listened

As part of the MAP team’s ongoing improvement initiatives for this release, we reviewed a number of feedback submissions and implemented changes based on the MAP community’s suggestions.  We’d love to hear more. Please send comments and suggestions to mapfdbk@microsoft.com.

MAP Toolkit 9.3 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.3 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. This release of the MAP Toolkit helps increase the agility and cost effectiveness of deploying the latest Microsoft technologies. It includes hardware and infrastructure readiness assessments to help organizations plan their Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 deployments. It also helps organizations assess their environment for Office 2013 and Office 365, track usage of Windows Server 2012, SharePoint Server 2013, and Exchange Server 2013, and preparing a migration to Windows Azure virtual machines. It includes hardware and infrastructure readiness assessments to help organizations plan their Windows 10 and Windows Server 2012 deployments.

Click here to download the latest version.

You asked, We listened

As part of the MAP team’s ongoing improvement initiatives for this release, we reviewed a number of feedback submissions and implemented changes based on the MAP community’s suggestions.  We’d love to hear more. Please send comments and suggestions to mapfdbk@microsoft.com.

We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.6 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. This release of the MAP Toolkit helps increase the agility and cost effectiveness of deploying the latest Microsoft technologies. MAP 9.6 is updated to inventory, assess and report Windows Server 2016 and perform readiness assessment for Windows Server 2016. It is also updated to support Accessibility with features like support in high contrast mode, tabular data for charts, logical tab movements and consistent icons. Please refer detailed update available here. It also helps organizations assess their environment for Windows 10, SQL Server 2016, Office 2016 and Office 365, track usage of Windows Servers and preparing a migration to Windows Azure virtual machines.

Latest version of MAP Tool Kit 9.6 for users are available here.

You asked, We listened

As part of the MAP team’s ongoing improvement initiatives for this release, we reviewed a number of feedback submissions and implemented changes based on the MAP community’s suggestions.  We’d love to hear more. Please send comments and suggestions to mapfdbk@microsoft.com.

MAP Toolkit 9.7 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.7 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. This release of the MAP Toolkit helps increase the agility and cost effectiveness of deploying the latest Microsoft technologies. MAP 9.7 is updated to inventory, assess and report the SQL Server 2017 and components in the SQL Server assessment. It also helps organizations assess their environment for Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Office 2016 and Office 365, track usage of Windows Server 2012, SharePoint Server 2013, and Exchange Server 2013, and preparing a migration to Windows Azure virtual machines.

Click here to download the latest version.

You asked, We listened

As part of the MAP team’s ongoing improvement initiatives for this release, we reviewed a number of feedback submissions and implemented changes based on the MAP community’s suggestions.  We’d love to hear more. Please send comments and suggestions to mapfdbk@microsoft.com.

MAP Toolkit 9.8 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.8 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. This release of the MAP Toolkit helps increase the agility and cost effectiveness of deploying the latest Microsoft technologies. MAP 9.8 is updated to generate usage report for Exchange Server 2016 and SharePoint Server 2016. MAP Toolkit 9.8 is enhanced to Support Microsoft Azure Migration scenarios for latest release of IaaS SKUs.  It also helps organizations assess their environment for Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, Office 2016 and Office 365, track usage of Windows Server 2012, SharePoint Server 2013, and Exchange Server 2013, and preparing a migration to Windows Azure virtual machines.

Click here to download the latest version.

You asked, We listened

As part of the MAP team’s ongoing improvement initiatives for this release, we reviewed a number of feedback submissions and implemented changes based on the MAP community’s suggestions.  We’d love to hear more. Please send comments and suggestions to mapfdbk@microsoft.com.

MAP Toolkit 9.9 Now Available!

This release of the MAP Toolkit supports latest version of ESXI, SCCM and Skype for Business . MAP 9.9 is updated with Usage tracking of Skype for Business and SCCM, Support latest version of Oracle , VMWare ESXI. We have also included few minor bug fixes which will improve user experience.  MAP Toolkit also helps organizations assess their environment for Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, Office 2016 and Office 365, track usage of Windows Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2016, and Exchange Server 2016, and preparing a migration to Microsoft Azure virtual machines.

Click here to download the latest version. Please click here to get more details.

You asked, We listened

As part of the MAP team’s ongoing improvement initiatives for this release, we reviewed a number of feedback submissions and implemented changes based on the MAP community’s suggestions.  We’d love to hear more. Please send comments and suggestions to mapfdbk@microsoft.com.

MAP Toolkit 9.9.13 Now Available!

This release of the MAP Toolkit includes will now have the additional feature of Inventorying, Assessing and Reporting of Oracle 18 c and System Center Configuration Manager 1802 and 1806. MAP Toolkit also helps organizations assess their environment for Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, SQL Server 2017, Office 2016 and Office 365, track usage of Windows Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2016, and Exchange Server 2016, and preparing a migration to Microsoft Azure virtual machines.

Click here to download the latest version. Please click here to get more details.

You asked, We listened

As part of the MAP team’s ongoing improvement initiatives for this release, we reviewed a number of feedback submissions and implemented changes based on the MAP community’s suggestions.  We’d love to hear more. Please send comments and suggestions to mapfdbk@microsoft.com.

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