A few weeks ago I posted about some of the tools Microsoft provides to help establish the costs and saving that deploying Vista can bring.几个星期前我张贴了有关的一些工具Microsoft提供了帮助建立的成本和节省认为，部署Vista可以带来。 One of the issues that I have is how do we get the numbers to fill in those forms; well MS has you covered there too.其中一个问题，我是如何做的，我们得到的数字，以填补在这些形式;以及女士已涵盖你也有。 This tool is really useful.这个工具实在是有益的。

With the MS Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator you can scan the computers in your network for information such as which OS and Service pack they are running, and if they are good candidates to upgrade to Vista.与女士的评估和规划的解决方案加速器您可以扫描电脑，在您的网络信息，如其中操作系统和Service Pack ，他们正在运行的程序，如果他们是好的候选人升级到Vista的。 There are even some tools geared towards migrating your servers to 2008, and qualifying workloads that are good for virtualization.甚至还有一些工具，面向您的服务器迁移至2008年，合资格的工作量，这是好的，为虚拟化。 You can also generate some really nifty reports.您也可以产生一些真正漂亮的报告。 These reports save a ton of time, and can help in presenting information to the managers in your life.这些报告保存吨的时间，并可以帮助在提交资料的管理您的生活中。 In short this tool was designed with lazy admins in mind!在短期内这个工具的目的是与懒惰的管理员在铭记！

Note: When you install MS APSA you also need to install SQL server, and the installer will automatically download and install it for you during the installation.注意：当您安装MS apsa您还需要安装SQL Server ，并安装程序将自动下载并安装它为您在安装过程中。 You also need a copy of Word 2007 and Excel 2007 for document generation.您还需要一份Word 2007和Excel 2007文档的一代。

The Microsoft Assessment and微软评估和

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I posted a few weeks ago about some Vista Springboard. 我张贴了数星期前，一些Vista的跳板。 Continuing that series of posts, I wanted to talk about the first part of Springboard program which is: Discover. 继续这一系列的职位，我想谈的第一部分，跳板程序是：发现。 Now I'm sure many of you have already "Discovered" Vista, I thought I had too, but the great thing about the springboard site is it concentrates a great deal of information into nice digestible categories. 现在我敢肯定，你们中许多人已经“发现” Vista的，我以为我过，但伟大的事情的跳板站点是它集中了大量资料，到尼斯可消化类别。

So as most readers have probably already discovered the technical aspects of Vista, I wanted to highlight some of the great tools that are provided. 因此，由于大部分的读者可能已经发现，技术方面的Vista中，我想强调一些伟大的工具提供。 If you have ever been asked to deliver a report on how much is something is going to cost, and to figure out its ROI, and TCO, and all those non technical acronyms that our favourite accountant is concerned with, If your like me your eyes gloss over, and your brain starts hurting. 如果您有任何时候都被要求提供一份报告，多少是要成本，并计算出其投资回报率，和控烟办公室，以及所有那些非技术性的缩略语，我们最喜爱的会计师是关心的问题，如果您喜欢我你的眼睛文过饰非，和你的大脑开始伤害。

Fortunately Microsoft know's that we're all lazy admins, so they made us a great tool: Microsoft Windows Vista Cost and Benefit Estimator. 幸好微软知道的，我们都是懒惰的管理员，所以他们使我们伟大的工具： Microsoft Windows Vista的成本与效益的估算。

First the calculator starts out by asking some simple questions. 第一计算器出发，要求一些简单的问题。 For instance how many computers do you have in environment. 例如有多少台电脑你有没有在环境。 Then what the current OS distributions are. 那么目前的OS的分布。

Once you have entered in your 一旦你已经进入在您的

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Windows Vista Springboard is a micro site on the Microsoft Web site dedicated to helping IT Pros get Vista deployed into their environments. Windows Vista的跳板，是一个微网站上的Microsoft网站，致力于帮助它的利弊，获得Vista的部署到他们的环境。

Now before going any further with regards to Vista Springboard, I want to say that I am a strong supporter of Windows Vista.现在前，任何进一步的关于Vista的跳板，我想说，我是一个坚定支持者的Windows Vista 。 Their are some big benefits, and some big steps forward with Vista.他们是一些大的好处，和一些大的前进步骤与Vista的。 The most important aspect of Vista is that it helps me be a lazy admin.最重要的方面， Vista是因为它有助于我是一个懒惰的政府当局。

Now I'll also be honest and realistic, there are a lot of people that don't like Vista.现在，我也会诚实的和现实的，有很多人认为不喜欢Vista的。 There are many reasons why people won't like Vista, some of the reasons are legitimate, however most reasons tend to be rooted in a haze of bad perception.原因有很多人会不喜欢Vista中，部分原因是合法的，不过，大多数的原因往往是植根于一霾坏的观感。 What I mean by that is Vista has a perception of lacking value, or in other words people will ask "What is my compelling reason for upgrading to Vista?"我的意思是Vista的一种印象，缺乏价值，或在其他的话人会问“什么是我的令人信服的理由，升级到Vista吗？ ” This goes for Home users, Office users,  IT pros, and especially IT managers and decision makers.这也同样适用于家庭用户，办公用户，它的利弊，尤其是它的管理者和决策者。

This is where the Vista Springboard program comes into play.这是Vista中的跳板，计划生效发挥。 IT people are busy people, and even though we would all like to be Lazy Admins, in reality my guess is that它的人是忙碌的人，即使是我们大家都希望懒惰的管理员，在现实中我的猜测是，

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