IMPORTANT: Keep checking the MAP Blog and MAP Toolkit Content Index (en-US) for updates and changes , especially after new versions of MAP are released.
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.5 is a free utility you can download to help plan your Hyper-V deployment. It includes a report that shows you Hyper-V virtualization candidates. You can upload your data to the Microsoft Integrated Virtualization Calculator. It includes VMware server discovery, reporting the relationships of VMware hosts and guests. See also the Microsoft Server Energy Savings Calculator. 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 and automated tools to help organizations plan, securely deploy, and manage new Microsoft technologies—easier, faster, and at less cost. All are freely available, and fully-supported by Microsoft. Learn more.
Download the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.5. For more information and to download the tool, please see the MAP Microsoft site.
Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 5. Comment: Removing "(en-US)" from the title. Sorry. That community-driven practice came as a surprise to us, and we had to take time to get the Wiki Community Council to decide on it. Thanks!
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