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

I got this error while deploying Windows OS to my environment. It should be straightforward process, but somehow I got stuck with this. Clicking OK will restart the machine, and it still won't resolve the issue. Workaround? run msoobe.exe manually. Issue :  Windows setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware. Workaround :  Press Shift + F10 , command prompt window will opened  Change the directory to C:\Windows\System32\oobe CMD : cd C:\Windows\System32\oobe  execute msoobe.exe CMD :  msoobe or msoobe.exe  This screen appeared. Proceed with deployment.   Once all done, we'll be back to this screen, restart the machine by using command prompt or just click OK at the message box.

Group Policy Processing has been introduced since Server 2008, and Microsoft recommends to use GPP instead of normal GPO. To me, I prefer to use GPP as well, as it is more convenience to configure and troubleshoot.  However, in some cases, the configuration may not get reflected, no matter how many times you perform gpupdate (gpupdate /force as well), or even reboot the machines. Your settings are all good, linked enabled to appropriate OU, Block Inheritance already enabled ( to ensure policies assigned to parent OU not conflicting with your policies, just in case ), there were no similar setting in Site and Domain policies, policies already being enforced ( oh wait, do you really need to enforce? ).  What else could it be then? Oh wait, just before you planned to kill someone, you realized there were red dots / circles at the configurations, and those configurations (with red dots / circles ) were the one who drove you crazy! Configurations with green straight lines / circles

A few weeks ago I went to AppSense training. It was very good, very informative and very intense - 5 days were not enough to be honest as it covers all 4 components of DesktopNow (AppSense Management Console, Performance Manager, Environment Manager, and Application Manager). So back to the topic - I received this error while trying to pool the policy : Failed to poll Now : Not enough server storage is available to process this command. A bit digging, I managed to find why it happened, and how to resolve it. According to Microsoft : "This issue may occur if the IRPStackSize registry entry on the server is set too low." Now, what is IRPStackSize ?  According to Microsoft :  The IRPStackSize parameter specifies the number of stack locations in I/O request packets (IRPs) that are used by Windows 2000 Server, by Windows Server 2003, and by Windows XP. You may have to increase this number for certain transports, for media access control (MAC) drivers, or for fi