Plan your
migration to the latest
Microsoft products
with MAP!
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MAP enables you to:
 Accelerate PC, server, database,
and cloud migration planning
across heteregeneous
envirionments
Simplify PC migration & cloud planning with the
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit!
Your organization is considering moving to Windows® 7, Windows® Server 2008 R2, and
contemplating server consolidation with Hyper-V™. Also, flexible cloud-based services from the
 Provide immediate value to your
organization with tailored
assessment proposals and
recommendations
Windows® Azure™ Services Platform seem like a good fit for your rapidly evolving datacenter. Need
 Gain efficiencies through
multiple technology migration
assesments with a single tool
A freely available and fully supported Solution Accelerator from Microsoft, MAP lets you quickly
tools to help you plan and simplify migration processes? Take advantage of the Microsoft
Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit, and streamline your migration projects!
inventory your IT environment, assess hardware and software readiness for migration, and provide
custom reports detailing hardware, device and operating system readiness.
MAP provides you with actionable information from the start. In a matter of hours, MAP helps
provide you with answers to key questions like:
 Which of my PCs can run Windows 7, Microsoft®
Office 2010, and Office 365?
 Are my web application portfolios and databases
ready to migrate to the Windows Azure platform?
What is the TCO-ROI?
 What next steps should I take to plan a private
cloud?
MAP benefits:
 Secure, agentless,
heterogeneous server and
database inventory
 Automated hardware and
software readiness assessment
 Which of my servers are capable of migrating to
Windows Server 2008 R2, or can be virtualized using
Hyper-V?
 Where can I find Microsoft® SQL Server® 2000,
MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase instances for migration
to Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 R2?
 Is our software usage in compliance with
software license agreements?
 Detailed, comprehensive reports
and proposals
MAP business scenarios
 No cost, freely downloadable,
and easy to use
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New in MAP 6.0:

Windows Azure migration
portfolio analysis

Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track
onboarding

Enhanced heterogeneous
server environment
inventory
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MAP key features
Windows 7, Office 2010, Office 365 Readiness, Internet Explorer Migration Assessment:
Utilize MAP to help securely and non-intrusively assess your Windows 7, Office 2010, and Office 365 migration
readiness via compatibility proposals and recommendations. MAP also reports on deployed web browsers,
ActiveX controls, and add-ons—information you need for migration to Windows 7-compatible versions of
Internet Explorer.
Private Cloud Planning with Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track Onboarding:
Get a quick analysis of server consolidation on Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track infrastructures to help accelerate your
Office 365 client
assessment
planning of P2V migration to Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track. Each assessment also provides guidance on the next
Windows Internet Explorer
migration assessment –
updated for Internet
Explorer 9
Windows Server 2008 R2 Readiness & Hyper-V Consolidation Assessment:
Oracle schema discovery
consolidation capabilities and updated hardware libraries enable an improved server consolidation planning
steps forward in using Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track.
MAP provides infrastructure knowledge for planning your migration to Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. Using
the performance metrics and server utilization data in MAP, identify server placements, and perform
virtualization candidate assessments, including ROI analysis for Hyper-V consolidation. Enhanced server
process.
Support for MAP:

Microsoft Services Premier
and Professional Support:
(800) 936-4900
Readiness for Migration to the Windows Azure Platform:
MAP provides infrastructure knowledge for planning your migration of on-premise workloads to Windows Azure
and SQL Azure. MAP inventories and reports on web application portfolios, IIS servers, and SQL Server
databases, analyzes their performance characteristics, and estimates Azure platform features and TCO/ROI.
Heterogeneous Infrastructure Inventory:

TechNet Forum Support
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MAP Blog

SAT on Twitter
capability for accelerating migration to SQL Server from MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase instances.

MAP on Twitter
SQL Server Discovery for Consolidation:
Discover other Solution
Accelerators:

Microsoft Deployment
Toolkit 2010

Security Compliance
Manager

Full Solution Accelerators
Catalog
MAP inventories Windows Servers, VMWare, Linux operating systems, and LAMP application stacks, including
those running in a virtual environment. MAP also includes heterogeneous database inventory and reporting
Optimize database resources and simplify administration with the SQL Server discovery feature. Use the reports
and proposal information in the MAP Toolkit—from SQL Server instances to databases and users—to help
consolidate legacy SQL Servers to SQL Server 2008 R2.
Software Usage Tracker:
MAP assesses software usage along with client access history for license compliance management for core CAL
and SQL Servers.
Additional resources
Visit the Learning Resources for Solution Accelerators site to access featured resources for MAP and other
Solution Accelerators. This collection of getting started guides, scripted demos, presentation slide decks, video
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tutorials, and customizable data sheets will help you get the most out of the MAP Toolkit.
MAP is just one of the tools provided by the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team. The Microsoft Assessment
and Planning Toolkit, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and Security Compliance Manager provide tested guidance
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