Solution Accelerators January Newsletter

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JANUARY 2011  MAP Toolkit 5.5 released  New IPD guides   Coming soon: SSP 2.5  Windows 7 demo series Follow us on Twitter! Get the latest tips from Microsoft Solution Accelerators...in 140 characters or less: @MSSolutionAccel. What's new with Solution Accelerators? Subscribe to our news feed. Stay in step with Solution Accelerators Visit the Solution Accelerators website. Tell us what you think Contact us with your questions, comments, and stories.   Discover new migration resources from Solution Accelerators Download the latest tools and guidance Migration planning is easier with the new MAP Toolkit 5.5. Now with more assessment and reporting capabilities to simplify your IT infrastructure planning, Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5 includes Windows Azure platform readiness reporting, Windows Internet Explorer migration assessment for migration to Windows 7 compatible versions, heterogeneous database discovery for migration to Microsoft SQL Server, and more. Get more information about the new MAP Toolkit. Download MAP 5.5. Enhance your IT infrastructure planning with new IPD guidance. The latest guides from the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) team are now available: Download the IPD Guide for System Center Service Manager 2010, which provides actionable guidance for designing a Service Manager 2010 infrastructure. The IPD Guide for Exchange Server 2010 with Service Pack 1 takes the IT architect through a step-by-step process for successfully designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 infrastructure: download the guide. Learn more about IPD guides. Become an active member in our beta community Deliver a private cloud platform using the new virtual machine import functionality in SSP 2.5.  Looking for a solution that helps to seamlessly deliver a private cloud platform inside your organization? The Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Self-Service Portal (SSP) 2.5 allows you to import previous virtual machines created outside the Self-Service portal while additionally re-importing machines previously removed. Beta coming soon! Visit and subscribe to the SSP team blog to be updated when this new release is available for beta download. Learn more about this fully-supported, extensible solution for the private cloud. Take advantage of new IT pro resources New demo series: Windows 7 migration made easy. Check out our new demo series, and learn how the MAP Toolkit, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), and the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool can help you streamline and simplify your organization's migration to Windows 7. Start with two MAP demos, and learn how you can use the MAP Toolkit to assess readiness for migration to Windows 7 and the latest version of Internet Explorer, as well as Microsoft Office 2010. Next, view the MDT demo to learn how you can use the toolkit to streamline your organization's migration deployments. Finally, the SCM demo will show you how the tool can help you simplify security and compliance for your Windows 7 environment. Visit the Learning Resources for Solution Accelerators site to access more featured resources. © Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft is a trademark of the Microsoft Group of companies. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Microsoft.com Web site. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This newsletter was sent by the Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, USA 98052

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