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Security Compliance Manager: Overview of SCM (Part 1 of 3) Security Compliance Manager: Overview of SCM (Part 1 of 3)

Take a quick tour of the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool with IT pro evangelist, Matt Hester.

http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/desktopoptimization.aspx?tab=Videos&seriesid=125&webcastid=17759 Security Compliance Manager: Import an Existing Group Policy Object into SCM (Part 2 of 3)

In this screencast with Matt Hester, learn how you can use SCM to import your existing baselines to help compare and merge changes for your baseline configurations. Take advantage of these new customization capabilities to quickly modify security settings to meet the standards of your organization’s environment.

Security Compliance Manager: Export a Group Policy Object from SCM (Part 3 of 3) Security Compliance Manager: Export a Group Policy Object from SCM (Part 3 of 3)

Learn from IT pro evangelist Matt Hester how you can use the Security Compliance Manager tool’s export capabilities to export Group Policy Object (GPO) from the tool into your production environment.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Overview (1 of 6) Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Overview (1 of 6)

Watch this brief overview screencast with IT pro evangelist Matt Hester to learn more about the MAP Toolkit.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Office 2010 (2 of 6) Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Office 2010 (2 of 6)

Learn how the actionable recommendations and assessments provided by the MAP Toolkit can help streamline your migration to Office 2010.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Windows Server Consolidation (3 of 6) Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Windows Server Consolidation (3 of 6)

Delve into the new MAP Toolkit 5.0, and see how it simplifies Windows Server Virtualization planning and consolidation.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Database Discovery for SQL Server (4 of 6) Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Database Discovery for SQL Server (4 of 6)

Look at how new features of MAP 5.0 help with discovery and software usage.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Heterogeneous Server Environment Inventory (5 of 6)

Tour the new MAP 5.0 heterogeneous server environment inventory feature, and learn how MAP performs a network inventory of IT assets, identifying heterogeneous server environments consisting of Windows Server and Linux operating systems, including those running in a virtual environment.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Software Usage Tracker (6 of 6) Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0: Software Usage Tracker (6 of 6)

Discover how you can simplify software license management and compliance processes with MAP 5.0.

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IPD Guide for System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager Beta now available
The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager enables you to quickly identify what types of data to protect, what the recovery goals are, and what... more
Tuesday, Dec 18
Accelerate your journey to the cloud with MAP 8.0 Beta!
Plan the deployment of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, prepare your migration to Windows Azure Virtual Machines, ready your environment for Office 2013, and track your usage of Lync with MAP 8.0 Be... more
Wednesday, Nov 7
New beta: IPD Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager
This guide outlines the design elements that are crucial to a successful implementation of Operations Manager. You’ll find easy-to-follow steps on identification and design of the required management ... more
Wednesday, Aug 15

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