Cloud Computing Solution Accelerators

IT is continually challenged to create greater value at lower prices. Cloud computing is the new, more efficient compute model that empowers IT to accomplish greater results at lower costs, raising ROI and creating new business value. As your organization moves to the cloud, let Microsoft Solution Accelerators help provide you with cost-effective, agile IT services.

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Plan your migration to the Windows Azure platform

Simplify your move to the cloud: Identify and analyze web application and database readiness for migration to the Windows Azure platform using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.5.
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The MAP 6.0 Beta Windows Azure migration portfolio analysis simplifies the process by providing the ability to quantify and label applications and services in your organization's IT environment for Windows Azure migration consideration.
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Plan your migration to Hyper-V Cloud with Fast Track

Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track onboarding, new to the MAP 6.0 Beta, provides consolidation guidance and validated configurations with preconfigured Hyper-V Fast Track infrastructures, helping you accelerate private cloud planning.
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Deploy and experience the benefits of a private cloud platform

Seamlessly deliver a private cloud platform inside your organization with the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1. The new release of VMMSSP now provides the ability to import virtual machines created outside the portal and is localized in Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.
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Achieve efficient service management of the cloud

Define service health considerations and achieve a reliable and effectively monitored and maintained dynamic datacenter with the MOF Technical Service Reliability Guide and Reliability Workbook for the Dynamic Datacenter.
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Develop and maintain the relationships necessary for effective cloud-based services using the MOF Best Practices for Service Vendor Management Guide.
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Plan your cloud infrastructure

Plan a strategic infrastructure designed for ease of manageability with the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guide for the Dynamic Datacenter.
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Cloud Computing Solution Accelerators

Simplify your cloud migration planning with MAP 6.0
MAP 6.0 is now available! Plan your journey to the cloud with migration assessments for the Windows Azure Platform, Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track, Office 365 and more.

Assess your client environment for Office 365 and IE 9 readiness with MAP 6.0
MAP 6.0 is now available! Quickly know which client computers are ready for Office 365 and Internet Explorer 9 with new assessments from MAP 6.0.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1– Now Available!
Seamlessly deliver a private cloud platform inside your organization with System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 SP1 (VMMSSP). Fully supported by Microsoft, VMMSSP is a partner-extensible solution that enables customers to dynamically pool, allocate, and manage their computer, network, and storage resources to deliver a private cloud platform in their datacenter. Download and implement this new release today!