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The Application Virtualization (App-V) Sequencer is a powerful, easy-to-use tool that enables IT professionals to create a new virtual application. This video will walk you through the different files that make up a virtual application package and teach you how to: Run the App-V 4.6 Sequencer to sequence an application. Create file type associations and…
Was working on setting up a new Central Site for a client today and noticed what appears to be a bug in the pre-req checker. This was building a new site server on Server 2008 R2 with SQL 2008 R2 from ConfigMgr SP2 media. I wanted to run the pre-req checker before launching the install…
A colleague of mine in Dallas threw this question at me recently, which prompted me to drop everything I was doing and suss it out. His question was why the Project Summary Task % Work Complete field always equaled % Complete? As near as he could tell, there are some circumstances where the two should…
Is Lync Server a new product? Yes and No. Lync Server is the successor to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 (and R2). Lync Server takes OCS much farther and adds all the additional functionality needed for companies to think about replacing their PBXs and adding true Unified Communications features. You should not think about UC…
I realized that I’ve been a bit remiss over the last year and only allowed folks to communicate with me via the comments section at the bottom of the blog page. As far as I can tell, this is a cardinal sin in the Web 2.0 world. Hence, I figured it’s worthwhile to post my…
Nice post over on Springboard. “To start, I wanted to address that Internet Explorer 8 has over 1300 Group Policy entries that can be configured, which is great for keeping your environment managed and safe. That can also create some challenges in wrapping your head around all of the possibilities, so I wanted to begin…
This information is provided as-is, you at your own risk. Updated my HTA for creating AD groups and collections with a few tweaks and wanted to post the new version. I originally blogged an older version here. I had taken an HTA from SMSUtils and heavily modified it to do what I needed. I have…
Fantastic post over The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog. Read the full post here for the cause and resolutions. Here’s a snippet: When a Task Sequence is created via the "Create New Task Sequence Wizard", the Task Sequence may fail if the Windows OS being deployed is Windows 7 and the reference Windows 7 WIM…
We all know (or will now) that if a client misses a mandatory advertisement in ConfigMgr for whatever reason, e.g., the client is powered off, it will happily “run” the advertisement as soon as it can once it comes online again. Similarly, if a client receives an advertisement with a schedule in the past the…
For Lite Touch Installation deployments using MDT 2010 Update 1, P2V Migration for Software Assurance requires the following components: · A functional installation of MDT 2010 Update 1 with mapped deployment shares on the client computer targeted for P2V Migration for Software Assurance installation. · An Internet connection or downloadable components listed in the previous…