Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit Team Blog
An agentless inventory, assessment, and reporting tool that can securely assess IT environments for various platform migrations— including Windows 8, Office 2013 and 365, Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V, Windows Azure, and Microsoft SQL Server 2012
MAP Toolkit 9.9.13 Now Available!
MAP Toolkit 9.9.13 Now Available! This release of the MAP Toolkit includes will now have the...
Date: 11/22/2018
MAP Toolkit 9.9.12 Now Available!
MAP Toolkit 9.9.12 Now Available! This release of the MAP Toolkit includes a pop-up windows for...
Date: 08/30/2018
MAP Toolkit 9.9 Now Available!
MAP Toolkit 9.9 Now Available! This release of the MAP Toolkit supports latest version of ESXI, SCCM...
Date: 06/07/2018
MAP Toolkit 9.8 Now Available!
MAP Toolkit 9.8 Now Available! We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.8 of the...
Date: 02/22/2018
MAP Toolkit 9.7 Now Available!
MAP Toolkit 9.7 Now Available! We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.7 of the...
Date: 11/16/2017
MAP Toolkit 9.6 Now Available!
We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.6 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning...
Date: 02/11/2017
MAP Toolkit 9.3 Now Available!
MAP Toolkit 9.3 Now Available! We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.3 of the...
Date: 10/13/2015
MAP Toolkit 9.2 Now Available!
MAP Toolkit 9.2 Now Available! We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.2 of the...
Date: 02/10/2015
MAP Toolkit 9.1 Now Available!
We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.1 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning...
Date: 06/27/2014
The Windows Volume Licensing Feature in the MAP Toolkit
Windows client operating systems are available to customers in multiple ways – Volume Licensing;...
Date: 04/17/2014
MAP Toolkit may cause network saturation or machine to reboot
Symptom: Under some machine and network environments, the MAP Toolkit may cause the network to...
Date: 01/16/2014
Announcing the MAP Toolkit 9.0!
We are pleased to announce the availability of version 9.0 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning...
Date: 12/16/2013
The Remote Desktop License Feature in the MAP Toolkit
The Remote Desktop Services (RDS) product, formerly known as Terminal Services, has provided a...
Date: 12/09/2013
MAP Toolkit, SWID, and UAL: Ahead of the Curve
The MAP Toolkit 9.0 Beta features two emerging technologies to simplify inventory data collection....
Date: 11/25/2013
MAP Toolkit: The Server and Cloud Enrollment Feature
The Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) is a new enrollment under the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement....
Date: 11/18/2013
How to isolate the software you want from MAP’s installed products view
My Assumptions This post assumes that you have already completed the steps outlined in the blog post...
Date: 08/21/2013
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 8.5 Now Available!
The MAP team is pleased to announce the availability of Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)...
Date: 07/08/2013
Determine Linux Machine Readiness to move to a Windows Azure Virtual Machine using the MAP Toolkit
With the release of MAP Toolkit 8.0, we have added a new scenario to assess your Windows Azure...
Date: 01/29/2013
How to get a computer by computer view of installed software using the MAP toolkit
One of the most frequent questions we get at MAPFDBK@microsoft.com is how to get a list of the...
Date: 01/28/2013
MAP Toolkit 8.0 Demo Exercises are available for download
With the release of the MAP Toolkit 8.0, we are making available a training kit to help your...
Date: 01/08/2013
MAP Toolkit 8.0 is Now Available for Download
As 2012 winds down, I am pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.0...
Date: 12/14/2012
MAP Toolkit 8.0 System Requirements
With the availability of the MAP Toolkit 8.0, I would like to cover the new system requirement for...
Date: 11/29/2012
The New MAP Toolkit User Interface
In the MAP Toolkit v8.0 we’ve rebuilt the core user interface for the entire product. The new...
Date: 11/29/2012
Using MAP Toolkit to Assess your Lync Server Licensing
MAP Toolkit has been updated to capture Lync Usage Tracking information for Enterprise and Plus...
Date: 11/28/2012
Getting help using the MAP Toolkit
When users run into problems with using MAP, they often aren’t aware of the many resources that are...
Date: 11/20/2012
Microsoft Software Asset Management (SAM) Helps Handle Growth, Update Licensing (case study)
Hey folks - I know that many of you MAP fans out there are either from our SAM partner community or...
Date: 11/09/2012
Discovering SQL Server using the MAP Toolkit 8.0
In the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 8.0, the user interface has been updated to...
Date: 11/08/2012
Windows Azure Virtual Machine Readiness and Capacity Assessment
With the release of MAP Toolkit 8.0, we have added a new scenario to assess your Windows Azure...
Date: 11/08/2012
MAP Toolkit 8.0 Beta is available for download today!
The MAP Toolkit team is pleased to announce MAP Toolkit 8.0 beta. MAP Toolkit 8.0 beta has...
Date: 11/05/2012
MAP Toolkit Useful References
I am putting together a blog outlining the most common references around preparing your environment...
Date: 07/13/2012
Determining SQL Server 2012 Core Licensing Using the MAP Toolkit 7.0
With the release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0, the SQL Server...
Date: 07/10/2012
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0 Now Available
Get ready for Windows Server 2012 with MAP 7.0! The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to...
Date: 07/10/2012
Planning for Desktop Virtualization with the MAP toolkit 7.0 (4 of 4)
Whew! Just got back into town from southern Ohio where it was smoking hot! I couldn’t...
Date: 07/09/2012
Planning for Desktop Virtualization with the MAP toolkit 7.0 (3 of 4)
In this topic, we will cover the final step in the Desktop Virtualization scenario in MAP 7.0 – the...
Date: 06/24/2012
Using the MAP Toolkit 7.0 to assess your software usage for Lync Licensing
In todays blog, I will show you how to capture usage tracking information for Lync 2010 with the MAP...
Date: 06/20/2012
Get ready for Windows 8 with MAP Toolkit 7.0 Beta
Windows 8 has reached Release Preview milestone recently, you can download and try Windows 8...
Date: 06/13/2012
Planning for Desktop Virtualization using the MAP Toolkit 7.0 (Part 2 of 4)
In our next two topics in this series, we will cover the capacity planning related features in the...
Date: 06/08/2012
Planning for Desktop Virtualization using the MAP Toolkit v7.0 (Part 1 of 4)
Today, we are going to kickoff a short series that covers a new feature in MAP v7.0 – the Desktop...
Date: 06/06/2012
Discovering SQL Server using MAP Toolkit 7.0
In the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0, there have been several improvements to...
Date: 06/04/2012
Providing feedback about the MAP Toolkit
Your feedback about the MAP Toolkit is critical to our development team. It...
Date: 05/29/2012
MAP Toolkit 7.0 System Requirements
With the availability of the MAP Toolkit 7.0, I would like to cover the new system requirement for...
Date: 05/16/2012
MAP Toolkit 7.0 Setup has been improved!
The MAP Toolkit 7.0 has been updated over prior versions by switching over to using SQL Server 2012...
Date: 05/16/2012
MAP Toolkit 7.0 Beta is available for download
The Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP)...
Date: 05/16/2012
MAP Toolkit does not display SQL Server database component edition
Symptom: When SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 is installed on machine with SQL Server 2012,...
Date: 05/04/2012
Determining SQL Server 2012 Core Licensing using the MAP Toolkit
A document has been created to help customers determine SQL Server 2012 core licensing requirements...
Date: 04/24/2012
Simplify SQL Server licensing with MAP Toolkit 6.5
MAP Toolkit 6.5 has been updated to assist with you with upgrading or migrating to Microsoft SQL...
Date: 03/20/2012
Using the MAP Toolkit to discover Oracle, MySQL, and Sybase
In this blog, I will provide the step-by-step instructions to discover Oracle, MySQL, Sybase on Unix...
Date: 03/16/2012
Why doesn’t the MAP Toolkit report the “Number of Cores”?
Summary: When you generate a MAP report that has the “Number of Cores” columns, you may...
Date: 02/03/2012
Using the MAP Toolkit to obtain list of products installed across your environment
Summary: Since the number of products discovered across an enterprise can easily exceed the...
Date: 02/01/2012