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Jun

30

Essential Tool for the Job - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 for Windows Vista (RTM Announcement)

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RTM Announcement - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 


Hello,


It’s been a few months since I last blogged about the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1 - formerly known as WVHA or Windows Vista Hardware Assessment.


As you know, many of the IT pros out there like you are now spending a lot of time planning for Windows Vista deployments.  But many question and challenges remain:



The MAP Toolkit 3.1 is designed to address all of these desktop-side issues from a single tool!  Yes, at Microsoft, we’ve heard from you that you like to see fewer tools from us.  The MAP Toolkit is a tools platform that combines the strength of AGENTLESS discovery and report generation capabilities from the previous generation (Windows Vista Hardware Assessment).





As a matter of fact, if you view the latest MAP Team RTM blog post from yesterday, you will find that the MAP Toolkit 3.1 also have many server-side and virtualization features including a Hyper-V virtualization candidates assessment and SQL Server discovery!! 


So, why wait?  It’s time to get going with your Windows Vista projects with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.1.  It’s been released, sitting right outside the MAP Team “oven” waiting for you to enjoy.  :-) 



Cheers!
Baldwin Ng (Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft Solution Accelerators - Virtualization Lead)


 

Jun

25

REMINDER: Attend one of the HP MediaSmart Connect Webinars!

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Yesterday, the 1st of 4 webinars on the HP MediaSmart Connect took place with special guest Ed Bott from ZDNet. You can register to watch the session on-demand here. The HP MediaSmart Connect is a brand new Extender for Windows Media Center device that enables you to “extend” your Windows Media Center experience to any HDTV in your house. I took a look at the device myself and posted about it last week.

There are 3 more webinars for you to attend - with the next one being tomorrow June 26th, 2008 at 1:00pm PST with Ian Dixon from The Digital Lifestyle.  Click here to register for the webinar.


I’ll also be posting reminders for the webinars coming on July 8th and 10th.

Jun

24

Try out the New Windows Live Mobile Homepage Beta

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On your mobile phone - check out http://mhome.live.com. It is the new Windows Live Mobile Homepage currently in Beta. I took some shots on my BlackJack II to share.

 


This page is your one-stop place for what’s happening in your Windows Live social network by taking advantage of the What’s New feed in Windows Live Spaces.


 


The What’s New feed lets you see posts your friends make to their Space, updates to their profile, images uploaded to their Space, files uploaded to Windows Live SkyDrive, and when you friends become friends with other people.



You can also update your Personal Message as well. This is the same Personal Message that exists in Windows Live Messenger. When you change it - it should change in Messenger too. This is nice for letting folks know what you’re up to.


Just head on over to mhome.live.com on your mobile phone, sign-in with your Windows Live ID, and try it out for yourself. If you’ve got some feedback - go ahead and leave a comment and I’ll forward it on to the team working on the new Windows Live Mobile Homepage. And remember, this is just the first Beta release. You can expect the Windows Live Mobile Hompage to evolve over time. Also add the Windows Experience Blog as a friend on Windows Live.

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