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Michael Niehaus has a new post on MDT 2012 Beta 1. Read his original post here. Those of you who deploy both x86 and x64 versions of Windows 7 using MDT 2010 Lite Touch probably know that you have to use two different boot images to do it: When booted from a Lite Touch x86…
Michael Niehaus has a new post on UEFI support for MDT 2012 beta. Read the full post here. One of the new features that has been added to Lite Touch Installation in MDT 2012 Beta 1 is support for deploying 64-bit Windows to machines configured to use UEFI. So what exactly does that mean? That’s…
Maik Koster has a new post on a new feature in MDT 2012. Be sure to read his full post here. As probably most of you have seen already, the Beta 1 of the upcoming MDT 2012 has been published to connect (Download link) recently (Announcement by Michael Niehaus). Main intent for this update is…
Want to check out Beta 2 of ConfigMgr 2012, but just don’t have the time to get a lab setup? Problem solved! Microsoft has just released the VHD download for Beta 2. Download here. This download comes as a pre-configured Virtual Hard Disk (VHD). It enables you to evaluate System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta…
Company Recognized for Its “Dream Machine,” Work/Life Balance, Charitable Endeavors and Other Employee Enrichment Practices AUSTIN, Texas – June 10, 2011 – Catapult Systems, a Microsoft IT consulting firm, today announced it was recognized by the San Antonio Business Journal as the top place to work in central Texas. This is the second year in…
Richard Smith has a nice post over on The Deployment Guys blog. Read the full post here. Scenario1 – The Office Only Upgrade You work in the IT department for large organisation which has an Standard Operating Environment (SOE) based on Windows XP and Office 2003. This is still a fairly common (although thankfully dying)…
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I guess Exam 70-162 TS: Forefront Protection for Endpoints and Applications, Configuring was silently released back on May 10, 2011. I just found out about it today while surfing the web. It’s time for me to schedule an exam date. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-162
Michael Niehaus created a new post on WAIK 3.1 after some discussions in the myITforum MDT/OSD email list. Read his original post here. In my previous post titled Issue with MDT 2010 Update 1 and Windows AIK for Windows 7 SP1 Supplement, I mentioned some challenges if you wanted to use Windows PE 3.1 and…
I’ve found through the years that projects go more smoothly when expectations are set at the beginning. Whether I’m in a Business Analyst or Quality Assurance role, I’ve found that the project goes more smoothly when the processes are laid out clearly up-front and the known limitations of the project are called out and addressed…