Archive for May, 2010
MAP Toolkit 5.0 Beta 2
Microsoft has made available Beta 2 of the Assessment and Planning toolkit. You can download it here. Use the MAP Toolkit 5.0 to plan your right-sized infrastructure, accelerate IT planning, and assess multiple products and scenarios from a single tool—helping you and your organization save valuable resources and money. What’s new with MAP Toolkit 5.0 [...]
In: System Center General, Virtualization · Tagged with: MAP
Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 3.0 Beta – Installation
The latest VMST beta was released a little while back, you can download it from the connect site here. I have installed it in the test lab and here is a rough guide for installing and configuring it, out of interest you should be familiar with the current non beta version of the tool if [...]
Best of Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) UK 2010: Manage the Future – Desktop to Cloud
Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to avoid the ash cloud and land in London for the best of MMS 2010. After just a few hours sleep and the volcanic panic of the previous few days I was in a pretty bad mood on arrival. I pitched up on time and was quickly in [...]
In: Events · Tagged with: Events
IT Grand Prix
4 teams are racing to win a a grand prize for charity, I hope you can join me and help a team win. For more information on the challenges and the charities, follow the link here -http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/prix/p/index.aspx. Sign up for the blue team, introduce yourself and feel free to heckle the other teams. If you [...]
Microsoft Virtualization Sales Specialist
There is now a partner Sales Specialist accreditation for virtualization. It’s broken down into 5 training modules with 2 assessments. The modules are a Virtualization overview, server, desktop, licensing and selling in competitive situations. I’d say it’s a good head start for anyone looking to round out their knowledge of the available Microsoft products and [...]