Join me this Friday at the Denver Microsoft Office in the Denver Tech Center. I’ll be talking about anything and everything related to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Configuration Manager. Topics sure to be covered are: MDT Integration with ConfigMgr UDI: User Driven Installations P2V for Software Assurance ConfigMgr 2012 and MDT 2012 Date: Friday May…
Andrew Barnes has created a really great post explaining USMT for MDT LTI. Read the full post here. In order to automate the User State Capture and Restore task sequence steps in MDT 2010 you will need to configure your deployment share so it knows where to store the data. MDT 2010 installs the User…
In my last post, I lamented the common scenario of people being rewarded for heroic efforts despite the fact that their earlier actions caused the problems in the first place. A couple of people commented that these "heroes" usually didn’t intentionally cause the near-disaster situation. More often, they caused the situation by neglecting to follow…
Johan Arwidmark has yet another fantastic post. This time he’s created a hydration kit for ConfigMgr 2012 Beta 2. Read the full post here. Here is a download for deploying a complete ConfigMgr 2012 SP2 Beta 2 infrastructure – Two domain controllers and one ConfigMgr 2012 SP2 Beta 2 member server – Including all pre-requisites…
First off, all credit for this post goes to my colleague Chris Cook. He provided all of the powershell scripting behind the tool. UPDATED: Added download of file HERE I have found it very difficult to easily document a voice configuration within Lync. That is when I approached my scripting buddy Chris. He developed this…
New in System Center Updates Publisher 2011 Simpler setup with no database installation An improved user interface that allows better control of managing software updates Improved applicability rule authoring experience Improved performance when importing and managing software updates The ability to create software update bundles The ability to define prerequisite and superseded updates as part…
I recently read a headline that said, "Ex-Forest Lake fire fighter pleads guilty to arson". The story went on to say, "Once considered a hero as a firefighter, John Berken was accused of starting a fire that burned 2,000 acres of nature area." This story got me thinking about a common pattern that I have…
The Deployment Bunny has a fantastic post over on his blog. Read the original post here. Once again, at 33000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean on my way back from TechEd NA in Atlanta I started to think about all the different properties in MDT 2010 Update 1 that I use which are not really…
All (or at least most) of the TechEd North America 2011 sessions are online at Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011?sort=rating&direction=asc#tab_sortBy_rating. A quick filter gives you all the Identity and Management sessions: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011?sort=rating&direction=asc&term=&t=identity%2B-and-%2Bmanagement. My session is listed in there also: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2011/SIM407.
Read the original link here. Consider the following scenario: You create a task sequence on a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) site server. You add lots of Install Software steps to the task sequence. For example, you add more than 100 Install Software steps to the task sequence. You create…
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