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• [RTM News] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Now Available!

  Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkt 3.2 New Features Expanding to assess readiness for Microsoft Online Services, SQL Server 2008, Forefront Client Security, and Network Access Protection Many of you are in the midst of an IT migration or upgrade... Posted Nov 03 2008, 04:11 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Video, news, Windows, virtualisation, Windows Vista, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, Virtualization, SQL Server 2005, case study, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2000, TechNet Magazine, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, demo, virus, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, SQL 2008, anti-spyware, anti-virus, rtm, Green IT, online services, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Case studies, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management, Microsoft Online Services, Sustainability, video demo, SQL 2000, PC Security, customer evidence, TechNet Magazine articles, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, MAP Toolkit, RTM Announcements, Microsoft Hyper-V Server

• Test Drive the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta

  If you haven't heard, the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Beta is now available for a free download. From desktop deployments, server deployments, virtualization, datacenter consolidation, Green IT, PC security, Microsoft Online Services... Posted Oct 26 2008, 12:04 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, news, Windows, virtualisation, Windows Vista, Microsoft, SQL, SQL Server, SQL 2005, Virtualization, SQL Server 2005, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, SQL 2008, Green IT, online services, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management, Microsoft Online Services, SCVMM 2008, Sustainability, PC Security, MAP Toolkit, Beta Announcements, Beta Program

• Customer Stories for Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit

  Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) has been in the market since February 2008 earlier this year. Many of you have adopted this tool as the de facto standard for IT assessment and planning for your IT migration projects, from Hyper-V datacenter... Posted Sep 03 2008, 02:50 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Windows Vista, Microsoft, SQL, Virtualization, case study, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, SQL Server 2008, Windows Server 2008, virus, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Microsoft application Virtualization, Case studies, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, customer evidence

• Webcast Announcement for Microsoft Partners - Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator (MAP)

  Hello, Are you a Microsoft Partner? Are you interested in helping your customers with Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Virtualization projects? If you are, please come join our the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Partner Webcast Series next week... Posted Mar 07 2008, 04:23 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management

• Get Your Projects Off the Ground with Solution Accelerators for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1, and Microsoft Virtualization

  Are you getting ready to deploy Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista SP1 and Microsoft Virtualization technologies? Check out the brand new Solution Accelerators Microsoft is releasing this week! Today, Microsoft is launching three Solution Accelerators... Posted Feb 27 2008, 11:47 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Terminal Services, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Presentation Virtualization

• Microsoft Readying Customers and Partners with New Assessment and Deployment Tool for the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 Launch!

  Hello IT Pros! February 27 is a big day. Windows Server 2008 will be officially launching in Los Angeles with Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, kicking off in just a few hours. In support of this very important technology milestone as well as the Windows... Posted Feb 27 2008, 03:02 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Virtualization Management

• SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 HFRU2 Availability

  So here we are! That update time again! Hot Fix Rollup 2 for Softgrid 4.1 and 4.2 has been released! I am pleased to announce public availability of SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 HFRU2. This cumulative update for SoftGrid v4.1 SP1 and v4.2 provides the latest... Posted Feb 19 2008, 04:55 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Softgrid, KB, Justin Zarb, Virtual Application Server, sequencer, 4.1, 4.2, Application Virtualization

• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Deep Dive Series: Part 1 - Agent-less Discovery

  Hi there, On a snowy, rainy Saturday afternoon, sipping a cup of my favorite latte, I decide to start the multi-part blog series of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Solution Accelerator that we are about to release to the web in about 4 weeks... Posted Jan 26 2008, 05:37 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Desktop Virtualization

• Microsoft Announcing Virtualization Solution Accelerators for Upcoming Windows Server 2008 Launch

  What are Virtualization Solution Accelerators? Today, Microsoft is announcing the upcoming release of several Virtualization Solution Accelerators aimed at helping IT professionals and consultants accelerate adoption and deployment of Microsoft virtualization... Posted Jan 22 2008, 11:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Presentation Virtualization

• Welcome to the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Team Blog!

  Hi Everybody, I'm Baldwin Ng, Sr. Product Manager from the Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team, who's responsible for developing automated tools such as Windows Vista Hardware Assessment , Assessment and Deployment Solution . Our latest project is Microsoft... Posted Jan 22 2008, 12:44 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Virtualization, Desktop Deployment, Softgrid, Hardware Assessment, Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, WVHA, Microsoft Partners, Windows Server 2008, Solution Accelerators, IT Professionals, Virtual Server 2005 R2, Application Virtualization, Hyper-V, Microsoft application Virtualization, Windows Vista Readiness Assessment, MAP, Virtualization Solution Accelerators, Server Virtualization, Server Deployment, Microsoft Assessment and Planning

• Announcing the Infrastructure Planning and Design Series and New Releases for Virtualization!

  As I got home tonight I Saw this great new whitepaper. Architect for Success! New Guidance to Plan and Design Infrastructure for Application and Server Virtualization. Download them Today! This is a really exciting release for the Solution Accelerators... Posted Nov 09 2007, 04:20 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, whitepaper, Softgrid, wsv, Windows Server 2008, Justin Zarb

• Technet Spotlight On Demand Video - Paul Butterworth - Microsoft Softgrid: Creating Software as a Service

  Microsoft SoftGrid can take existing applications and transform them into network available services with no code changes. This session will describe how this new Microsoft technology can empower Terminal Servers, Desktops and Web access so that utility... Posted Sep 21 2007, 04:45 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Softgrid, System Management Server 2003, Best of MMS 07, Paul Butterworth

• What are the current version of SoftGrid?

  After an enjoyable weekend watching the Rugby World Cup (Which is a great love of mine!). I thought I would get back to normality with a post on Client Versions. After the buzz of activities with client upgrades I thought it would be a good time to re... Posted Sep 09 2007, 07:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Terminal Server, Softgrid, SMS 2003, KB, x86, Justin Zarb, Virtual Application Server, sequencer, 4.1, 4.2

• SoftGrid Community Page on TechCenter

  Sean D pinged a mail out to us all with a great new addition to the TechCenter. There are now community based forums which should assist you gain knowledge on the product. ------------ I am very excited to announce the creation of 3 new SoftGrid Forums... Posted Sep 06 2007, 04:48 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, TechNet, Community, Terminal Server, Softgrid, x86, Justin Zarb, sequencer, 4.1, TechCenter, 4.2

• SoftGrid Public KBs from August 2007

  The Year is just flying by and I am sure that I will start walking down the street and see Christmas lights up soon :) Still to keep you in the light I wanted to get the Softgrid KBs for August up! Hope that these are helpful. SoftGrid Public KBs from... Posted Sep 05 2007, 07:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Terminal Server, Softgrid, KB, Justin Zarb, 4.1, 4.2

• Using the SoftGrid Client Setup Kit

  Jan posted this over on the login consultants teams blog . We talked about this last week and after trying it I have to take my hat off to the team. They posted this the other day and I wanted to relay it to the masses. The Microsoft Softgrid Client,... Posted Aug 20 2007, 02:06 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Tools, Softgrid, Justin Zarb, Third Party Apps, 4.1, 4.2

• SoftGrid Client Setup Kit

  Patrick Jaspers (one of our softgrid consulting knights!) told me about a new login consultants tool . I need to have a play around with the tool and let you all know how this works!! Synopsis of the tool! Login Consultants have released the SoftGrid... Posted Aug 16 2007, 05:40 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Tools, Softgrid, Justin Zarb, Third Party Apps

• SoftGrid Public KBs from July 2007

  Hi Gang, New KB article for July 2008 are released. The SoftGrid product has 4 new additions. All 4 in my opinion are worthy of a read. There are 2 KBs that focus on Office 2007, with best practice and support policies! Some great documentation around... Posted Aug 12 2007, 07:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Softgrid, KB, x86, Justin Zarb, 4.1

• How do customers get access to download SoftGrid 4.2 online?

  This is an update to an older blog around downloading the MDOP . The MDOP now contains the 4.2 release . You can download it today from the MVLS website 1. Go to https://licensing.microsoft.com 2. Log-in using Passport account 3. Select Product Downloads... Posted Aug 02 2007, 07:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Softgrid, x86, Justin Zarb

• How do we find out a SoftGrid Client error messages?

  Now this may seem like a really strange post but recently an email was sent to me saying that a user was trying to run an application but all that was happening in the system tray was "Launch Failed"....... I replied back with " but what's the error code... Posted Jul 26 2007, 11:17 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Softgrid, KB, Justin Zarb

• Installing the SoftGrid Client on a non-domain machine

  Many of our customers want to use SoftGrid for users that sit on machines outside there security boundary. In these instances they lose some management for deploying the client and pushing policy's to enforce. However, this is normally offset by the benefits... Posted Jul 23 2007, 08:00 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Softgrid, KB, x86, Justin Zarb

• So how do we clean up them orphaned icons!?

  So we recently posted on orphaned icon files that could potentially be left behind in the users %appdata% . Well I was recently chatting to Kalle Saunamäki from www.virtualapp.net and one of the tools that he was working on was the SoftGridJanitor . The... Posted Jul 22 2007, 08:00 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Tools, Softgrid, x86, Justin Zarb, Third Party Apps, OSD

• Icon's

  So a few weeks back I was asked this question...... "We have users that have SoftGrid icon caches growing rather than being cleared out. "%APPDATA%\Softgrid Client\Icon Cache". Not sure why, but unchecked, we'll have thousands of ICO files for each user... Posted Jul 19 2007, 08:00 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Softgrid, Softricity, x86, Justin Zarb, Virtual Application Server

• Microsoft Office 2007 Sequencing Guide Released!!!

  Extra Extra Hot of the Press..... Wanted to ping this out so that you can all get onto this and start playing! This is the guide to Microsoft Office 2007 being sequenced with SoftGrid and released to the SoftGrid 4.1 SP1 and 4.2 Clients .... Enjoy...... Posted Jul 18 2007, 10:44 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Terminal Server, Softgrid, KB, x86, Justin Zarb

• IDC Value of MDOP Whitepaper

  If your doing a business case or other justification for your requirements to adopt the MDOP (which includes SoftGrid) then this IDC white paper may very well be able to assist you. This IDC white paper examines key pain points and challenges associated... Posted Jun 30 2007, 04:16 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows XP, Windows Vista, whitepaper, Softgrid, KB, x86, Justin Zarb