Windows Server 2008 R2 and IT Challenges Windows Server Solution Accelerators Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Next Steps

Can your servers migrate to Windows Server 2008 R2? What is the portion of physical servers that can be consolidated with Hyper-V? Managed by SCVMM? How much power and cooling costs can I save?

Automation Tools and Guidance Accelerate the adoption of Microsoft technology 2.0 Million Downloads Our Approach Automated IT assessment, planning and deployment tools Tested best practices including infrastructure design and security guides Multi-product approach Guidance Tools

Infrastructure Architecture and Design Best Practice IPD Guides Environment Discovery Toolkit Windows Server 2008 R2 Readiness and Hyper-V Assessments MAP Toolkit Server Deployment Tool Automated and integrated toolkit Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Integrated Automated Toolkit for server migration planning Agentless inventory of clients, servers, applications, devices and roles Technology migration and readiness assessment and proposal generation Multi-Product Planning and Assessment Tool (proposals included) Hardware and Device Compatibility for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2007 Microsoft Office System Server Virtualization candidates for consolidation with Hyper-V and Virtual Server 2005 R2 Desktop Security Assessment and Forefront/NAP Readiness Infrastructure assessment for environment to leverage Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid) MAP Windows Server 2008 & R2 Hyper-V & Virtual Server 2005 R2 Windows 7 & Vista 2007 Microsoft Office SCVMM Forefront/N AP Other Products

MAP Assess your environment and recommend the right technologies MAP Tool User (Microsoft Customers) Server Consolidation? Virtualization? Windows OS migration? Report Generation For Different Migration Scenarios

Readiness Assessment for Windows Server 2008 & R2 ProposalProposal Detailed Report

Candidates Assessment for Hyper-V Virtualization ProposalProposal Detailed Report

MAP Toolkit ROI Tool More Accurate ROI/TCO Integration include data passing from MAP Toolkit to ROI Tool Benefits: Save time in server inventory and consolidation assessments More accurate ROI analysis

Power Savings Calculations when PCs and servers are implemented with Power Management Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista Hyper-V Virtualization ProposalProposal

Agentless Network-wide Database Driven

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hardware and Device compatibility assessments VMware Server hosts and guests inventory Windows 7 Hardware and Device Compatibility Assessments Enhanced Server Virtualization Placement Algorithms Improved User Interface MAP Toolkit 4.0 Servers Windows Server 2008 Hardware Assessment Hyper-V Virtualization Assessment Windows Server 2008 R2 HW Assessment Hyper-V R2 Virt. Assessment + VMware discovery ROI Virtualization Tool Integration Desktops Windows Vista Hardware Assessment App-V Infrastructure Assessment Power Savings Calculator Forefront/NAP Readiness Assessment Windows 7 HW Assessment Database SQL Instance Discovery Software Plus Services Exchange Online Needs Survey Exchange Online PC Readiness Tool Customization OEM/Partner Tool Customization (UI/Reports) Custom HW Libraries WHITE = MAP 3.2 Features (current) YELLOW = MAP 4.0 Public Beta (thru’ June and early July) WHITE = MAP 3.2 Features (current) YELLOW = MAP 4.0 Public Beta (thru’ June and early July)

Features Inventory PCs and server assets network- wide and agentlessly Generate hardware compatibility assessments for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V virtualization and more Produce customer-ready proposals, reports and power-savings calculations Benefits Shorten IT planning time with environment specifics in mind Reduce IT operation costs by accelerating migration to cost-saving technologies “The MAP Toolkit decreased the planning time for this [Hyper-V] project by 60 percent.” David Feng, Systex Corporation

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