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Overview
Microsoft Virtualization Solution Accelerators can help you assess your current infrastructure, plan and design new infrastructure pieces, secure server roles, and deploy virtualization technologies. Three Solution Accelerators are available from this page:
Selecting the Right Virtualization Technology This Infrastructure Planning and Design guide assists in the rapid and accurate selection of the Microsoft virtualization technology or technologies to use for specific purposes.
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
This automated tool is a network-wide inventory and assessment tool you can use to determine if your server and desktrop infrastructure are ready for server and application virtualization.
The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool This tool automates software updates for virtual machines stored in a library managed by Virtual Machine Manager. The download includes a Getting Started Guide and a Help file.
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008
Note Supported operating systems vary for individual Solution Accelerators as follows:
The Selecting the Right Virtualization Technology IPD Guide also supports both Windows Vista and Windows XP.
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit also supports Windows Vista; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; and Windows XP Professional Edition.
The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0.1 supports only the following versions of Windows Server 2003: Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit x86); Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions; and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
Software Requirements
For Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition for storing inventory and assessment data. Microsoft Word 2003 SP2 or Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2 or Microsoft Excel 2007 for generating reports. .NET Framework v3.5SP1, Windows Installer v4.5
For Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.0.1: Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2007 or 2008
Microsoft Word or Word Viewer 2003 (available as a free download) can be used to view Word documents
Microsoft PowerPoint or PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (available as a free download) can be used to view PowerPoint presentations
Solution Accelerators are free, scenario-based guides and automations designed to help IT Professionals who are proactively planning, deploying, and operating IT systems using Microsoft products and technologies. Solution Accelerator scenarios focus on security and compliance, management and infrastructure, and communication and collaboration.
More Information about the Solution Accelerator Notifications Newsletter
Register to receive the Solution Accelerator Notifications newsletter so that you can stay informed about new Solution Accelerator releases and updates. The newsletter covers such areas of interest as
Communication & Collaboration
Security, Data Protection, & Recovery
Deployment
Operations & Management
You may also receive invitations to participate in accelerator development via beta programs and customer surveys. Solution Accelerator Notifications is currently available in English only.
