Accelerators for Securing your IT environment

If you want to secure your network environment quickly and proactively, check out Security Solution Accelerators-a suite of free tools and guidance to help you stay ahead of your security challenges.

Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0

Microsoft® Operations Framework (MOF) 4.0 delivers practical guidance for everyday IT practices and activities, helping users establish and implement reliable, cost-effective IT services.

Accelerators for Microsoft On-Line Services

Solution Accelerators for Microsoft On-line Services includes 3 accelerators that automate discovery, assess requirements for migration, and provide you with the guidance and operations framework to deploy new services faster and more efficiently.

Microsoft Assessment and Planning v3.2

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 quickly and automatically conducts network-wide desktop and server assessments that help you assess your network, upgrade readiness, and virtualization candiidates quickly and automatically.

Microsoft Deployment 2008 toolkit

The Microsoft Deployment 2008 Toolkit gives you the ability to install desktop and server operating systems faster and more reliably.

Security Compliance Management Toolkit

The Security Compliance Management toolkit gives you the ability to effectively monitor the compliance state of the recommended security baselines for Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP2

IT Compliance Guide

The IT Compliance Management guide can help you shift your governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) efforts from people to technology. Use its configuration guidance to help you efficiently address your organization's GRC objectives.

Accelerators for Virtualization

If you're interested in the growing trend towards virtualization, check out our new Virtualization Solution Accelerators -- a suite of free tools and guidance to help you with each stage of your virtualization IT project.

Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection

This kit helps you strengthen your malware defense strategy. With it you can help protect your network infrastructure by configuring a compliance health policy, monitoring the operational health of Forefront Client Security in real time, and remediating problems that arise.

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Guides help you plan and design your infrastructure for Microsoft technologies.

Sharepoint Monitoring Toolkit

The Sharepoint Monitoring Toolkit for System Center Operations Manager 2007 helps you monitor and manage your Microsoft Office SharePoint environments, including Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Service Level Dashboard Management Pack

The Service Level Dashboard Management Pack helps you monitor monitor business application performance end-to-end -- from the user's side and the server side.

Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool

The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool for System Center Virtual Machine Manager enables you to bring groups of virtual machines online just long enough to receive updates without exposing them to security risks.