Is your application platform people-ready? Complete the self assessment and find out.

Use this assessment tool to compare your infrastructure against industry best practices and the latest IT research. Measure the effectiveness of your current infrastructure in platform-agnostic terms and then, after taking the assessment, use your results to prioritize your IT investments to help your organization thrive and continue to grow.

Instructions:

The assessment is divided into four sections, and each has an average of nine questions. To receive results for a section, you must answer all questions in that section. Let’s get started.

Overview: Microsoft Application Platform Infrastructure

The Microsoft Application Platform helps connect people, business processes and information by delivering unparalleled connectivity and IT productivity based on XML and Web services.

The Application Platform spans clients, servers, and devices, and provides IT teams with the platform they need to build connected systems, bringing together, people, processes, and information.

The APIO self-assessment measures four of the five Microsoft application platform capabilities:

• Data management. The most powerful IT systems in the world depend on reliable, scalable data infrastructures and strong management processes. The Microsoft Application Platform offers organizations enterprise-class data management solutions for connected systems. Take the self-assessment and discover how your organization compares to IT best practices in data management.
• Business Intelligence (BI). Providing employees across your organization with the information and tools they need is critical to making informed business decisions. The Microsoft Application Platform provides advanced BI solutions that can be quickly and affordably deployed across the enterprise. Take the self-assessment and discover how your organization can extend business intelligence solutions throughout your organization.
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM). Connected systems are built on flexible, reusable, and interoperable processes. The Microsoft Application platform can help you improve application predictability and IT responsiveness and build security-enhanced connections across departments and organizations. Take the self-assessment so you can focus your SOA and BPM efforts for maximum business benefits.
• Development. Development teams depend on tools that deliver right levels of scalability, collaboration, and productivity to support your software development process. The Microsoft Application Platform can help you efficiently manage your development teams and processes. Take the assessment to learn how.