Windows Vista Hardware Assessment (WVHA) 2.0 is available for download. WVHA 2.0 allows you to scan upto 25,000 (yes, 25,000) computers on your network. It can also integrate with Active Directoy to allow you to target scans to specific OU’s and you can also scan workgroups. The result can be stored in an Excel file (great for smaller networks) or in a SQL Server Express instance on the scanning machine (great for large networks).

The WVHA tool provides guidance on the level of performance you would get with the current hardware, and what to upgrade on each machine to provide a better user experience. The new tool also provides guidance for the performance of an Office 2007 deployment on the machines.