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New guidance from the Solution Accelerators team!
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| Accelerate Windows Server 2012 Beta planning with MAP 7.0 Beta! Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 7.0 Beta is now available! MAP 7.0 Beta assesses the readiness of the IT infrastructure for a Windows Server 2012 Beta deployment. This feature includes detailed and actionable recommendations indicating the machines that meet Windows Server 2012 Beta system requirements and which may require hardware updates. A comprehensive inventory of servers, operating systems, workloads, devices, and server roles is included to help in planning efforts. The MAP Toolkit's new capabilities help users assess the readiness of their environment for deploying Windows Server 2012 Beta. |
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| Ensure a secure Windows Server 2012 Beta deployment with MDT 2012! Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 is now available for download! MDT 2012 provides support for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 Beta, and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager releases. MDT 2012 fully leverages the capabilities provided by Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment. The latest version of MDT offers new User-Driven Installation components and extensibility for Configuration Manager 2007 and 2012. You now also have the ability to migrate MDT 2012 task sequences from Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012. |
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Secure cloud deployment from the start with new baselines from SCM 2.5! Microsoft Security Compliance Manager 2.5 (SCM 2.5) is now available for download! Windows Server baselines include a Hyper-V baseline which addresses secure cloud deployment. SCM 2.5 provides ready-to-deploy policies and DCM configuration packs that are tested and fully supported. Our product baselines are based on Microsoft Security Guide recommendations and industry best practices, allowing users to manage configuration drift, address compliance requirements, and reduce security threats. |
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Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Beta now available! Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) is now available for beta download. MVMC provides a Microsoft-supported, freely available, standalone solution for converting VMware virtual machines (VMs) and VMware virtual disks (VMDKs) to Hyper-V VMs and Hyper-V virtual hard disks (VHDs). This tool is a quick, low-risk option for VMware customers to evaluate Hyper-V. |
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| Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2012 Beta now available The Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2012 Beta is now available for download! The toolkit supports both Windows Server 2012 Beta file servers and Windows Server 2008 R2 file servers. In addition to configuring file classification infrastructure, the latest version of the toolkit allows you to manage Central Access Policy across the file servers in your organization. |
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| Coming soon! IPD guide for System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager Beta This guide outlines the elements that are crucial to an optimized design of Virtual Machine Manager. It leads you through the process of identifying the business and technical requirements for managing virtualization, designing integration with Operations Manager if required, and then determining the number, size, and placement of the VMM servers. This guide helps you to confidently plan for the centralized administration of physical and virtual machines. |
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