Tip of the Day: Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit v9.6 is available

Today’s Tip…

This new version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit provides agentless discovery, inventory and assessment for a variety of scenarios.

Download - https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/confirmation.aspx?id=7826

Includes:

• 41 MAP Sample Documents
• MAP Training Kit with Demo Exercises
• MAP Installer
  • Can be installed on any supported OS (client or server)
  • .NET Framework 4.5 is required
  • By default, MAP will install SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB
    • Should you prefer to utilize an existing SQL instance (SQL Server 2008 or newer), you must create an instance named “MAPS” prior to running the MAP installer.
  • Collation Order of DB engine needs to be set to “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS”
    • This is the default setting if your Windows System Locale is EN-US
    • For other default collations in SQL Server Setup by Windows System Locale, check here.
• Read Me file contains the above information and more

References:

• “Getting Started Guide” - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=308917
• “Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Privacy Statement” - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee216481.aspx
• “Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Frequently Asked Questions” - https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1643.microsoft-assessment-and-planning-toolkit-frequently-asked-questions.aspx
• MAP TechNet Forum - https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=map
• MAP Blog - https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mapblog/
• Follow MAP on Twitter - https://twitter.com/mapblog/