As mentioned in  the first post , this KB series is about Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. There are 4 main steps : Install MAP Toolkit and its basic configuration Collect inventory Data  Extract Report Extract Advanced Report Once inventory data collected, we can generate reports. From the inventory data collected earlier, we can use options in the toolkit to generate the report. For this example, we re going to discover Windows 10 Readiness This KB is about  how to generate report from collected inventory data. At Overview page, select the targeted scenario category. In this example, it is Desktop . At this page, select specific scenario that we after. In this example, it is Windows 10 Readiness.     It is possible to customize assessment properties. The properties will set the threshold of the assessment, such as, threshold for minimum CPU speed, acceptable free disk, as well as minimum assigned RAM. To do so, select Customize assessment pr

As mentioned in  previous post , this KB series is about Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. There are 4 main steps : Install MAP Toolkit and its basic configuration Collect inventory Data  Extract Report Extract Advanced Report Before we could generate a report, we need to collect inventory data. There are a few options, such as Windows computers, Linux computers, computers on VMware, Active Devices and users, etc. For this example, we re going to discover Windows Computers within a specific IP ranges. This KB is about  how to collect inventory data. At Overviews section, select Perform an inventory For this testing, let’s select Microsoft computers, and select Next For this testing, we will discover devices via IP range. Select scan an IP address range, and select Next Specify range if IPs, and select Next To discover and connect to the machines, we need to provide user account(s) that have permission to do so. Select Create… Supply the

As mentioned in previous post , this KB series is about Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit. There are 4 main steps : Install MAP Toolkit and its basic configuration Collect inventory Data  Extract Report Extract Advanced Report This KB is about how to install MAP Toolkit and its basic configuration Download the toolkit here : https://www.microsoft.com/en-nz/download/details.aspx?id=7826 Launch the installer with Administrator privilege Select Next on the welcome screen Accept the agreement and select Next Configure installation path, and select Next Ready to install. Select Install Installing… Select Finish Launch the app MAP launched. DB needs to be set up prior to use the toolkit Connection to inventory database needs to be created. Give it a name , and select OK . Note that by default, the data source name is  LocalDB (MAPToolkit) Overview page of MAP. Step completed.

Microsoft created a  toolkit called Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit that helps IT to discover current infrastructure for variety of migration projects.  This tool kit covers below scenarios : Windows computers Linux/UNIX computers VMware computers Active Directory and Users Exchange Servers Endpoint Protection Server Lync Server Softwre ID (SWID) tags SQL Server SQL Server with Database Details Microsoft Azure Platform Migration Oracle Windows Volume Licensing Client Access Tracking for Windows Server 2012 or Later Client Access Tracking for SQL Server 2012 or later Client Access Tracking for Configuration Manager Client Access Tracking for SharePoint Server 2016 Client Access Tracking for Remote Desktop Services … and IT Admins can use below methods to discover the machines. Use Active Directory Domain Service (AD DS) Use Windows networking protocols Use System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) Scan an IP Address range Manually enter comptuer

A few weeks ago, we faced an issue where all of our GPOs were broken (kind of....). It seems although the GPOs were editable, but the settings were not there... What we see was : Description : GPO gone bad..... Issue :  Launch GPMC | Edit a policy, expand to Computer Config | Policies | Administrative Templates , all settings are missing. However, each config line could be found inside All Settings  If we look carefully, the policy is retrieved from the central store.  if we look at other domain ( other domain, not other Domain Controller ), the policy is retrieved from the local computer . Troubleshooting :   Open Windows Explorer, navigate to \\<DomainName>\SYSVOL\<DomainName>\Policies . There is a folder called PolicyDefinitions    Within the folder, there is nothing, no folders no files..... Resolution :     Open Windows Explorer, navigate to \\ <DomainControllerName>\c$\Windows\PolicyDefinitions . Copy all con

Recently, one of my users complaining because they he could not activate Visual Studio with his MSDN account. It works fine on another machine, but not his. I tried mine, and I still got the same error - thus it was safe to rule out it is not license / user issues, but more towards computer issue. Error : Microsoft Visual Studio We could not add the account Service returned error. Check InnerException for more details Troubleshooting : Back to basic - let's start from beginning... Trying to sign in will throw this error window. Selecting Close on above window would throw this Security Alert warning.  Selecting View Certificate on above window would give us this.  Let's view Certification Path, and view Root CA certificate by selecting the root certificate in Certification path | View Certificate  So it seems the Root CA (in my case) is issued by Baltimore CyberTrust Root.  Do I have that on that mach