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Using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit with Hyper-V

Using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit with Hyper-V

Date: Feb 13, 2009

There are several issues you may face when moving to virtualization. Fortunately, there are tools out there to help you. In this screencast, virtualization expert Nelson Ruest discusses the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit, a free download designed to provide hardware inventories, compatibility analysis, readiness reporting and more for Windows virtual environments.

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