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Issue with MDT 2010 Update 1 and Windows AIK for Windows 7 SP1 Supplement

Deployment master Michael Niehaus has created a nice post on Windows 7 SP1. Be sure to read his original post here.. With the release of the Windows AIK for Windows 7 SP1 supplement (see http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2011/02/17/windows-aik-for-windows-7-sp1-released.aspx for details), there is a new version 3.1 version of Windows PE available.  If you plan to install this update,…

New Optimized Desktop Resources

New post over on The Deployment Guys blog. Read the original post here. Over the past couple of weeks some new resources have come online for helping to understand and deliver the Microsoft Optimized Desktop Solution. Optimized Desktop is about delivering a flexible environment to a user based on their requirements and encompasses delivery of…

MDT Debugger 2.0

Daniel Oxy over on The Deployment Guys has posted a new version of the MDT Debugger tool. Be sure to check out his post and download the tool over here. Back in March of last year, I posted the MDT Debugger as a time/stress and frustration saving tool useful for debugging the scripts you develop…

Agile Test Automation – How Much is Enough?

  I recently had the opportunity to sit on a panel that discussed the possibilities and limitations of test automation, especially in the context of agile projects. The conversation focused primarily on automated test tools used for functional testing rather than the tools used for unit testing. There were 5 panelists and more than 80…

ConfigMgr–Creating A Collection For All Systems Not Approved

Saw this past by on the MSSMS list today and thought it was good info.  Thanks to Brandon Linton for contributing it. Collection query: select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name, SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_CM_RES_COLL_SMS00001 on SMS_CM_RES_COLL_SMS00001.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_CM_RES_COLL_SMS00001.IsApproved<>’1′