By default the UDI based task sequence will use the UDIWizard_Config.xml contained in your MDT 2010 Update 1 toolkit package. What if you want to use the same toolkit package for multiple task sequences, but provided different versions of the UDI wizard? For example, if you have different domains you want to join, or…
Was working on a crazy collection query today for a client and I needed to exclude the members of another collection in addition to the other queries I had already built into the collection. Took me awhile of searching, but I finally found this post on TechNet. This is the 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…
The post will cover the most common methods that I know of for driver management in ConfigMgr. For once I won’t be talking about MDT integration! Auto-Apply Drivers Auto-Apply consists of importing all your drivers into ConfigMgr and then utilizing the “Auto-Apply Drivers” step in a Task Sequence, this step will match PNP ids and…
In my last post, I discussed a current bug in the Exchange 2010 transport layer that disabled correct read receipt processing. So I was wondering if there was any other way to handle this situation. That pointed me to a new feature in Exchange 2010 that enables users to perform message tracking on their own…
Well, it’s been a little while since I’ve posted anything serious. We just got back from a relaxing vacation, and I am finding it hard to get up the motivation to pick up a couple of blog posts I have had lying around and get them ready for prime time. In the meantime, our IT…
One of the most commonly used techniques for capturing business processes and analyzing them is the Flowchart. They can be applied to a variety of processes and project types, but what exactly are they, why would we use them and how are they created? What is a Flowchart? The Business Analysis Body of Knowledge defines…
Chris Vandersluis hits another one out of the park with his article on implementing EPM (here). This is from his From the Trenches series posted to the Project Technet page. Definitely required reading if you’re contemplating an EPM engagement.
If you’re in Austin on 8/10, you may want to check out this upcoming event by Dan Patterson of Acumen. Looks to be quite interesting. And after that, you can check out some Korean tacos at Chi’Lantro. I read about them last week, and now am looking for any excuse to make it out to…
Office Communications Server supports federation between the Microsoft Office Communicator Client and 3rd party public Instant Messaging networks. The two easiest ones to get working right out of the box are MSN and AOL because they do not require any additional licenses. Google Talk is free too, but it requires an XMPP gateway. The gateway…
It was recently brought to my attention by a client that was just migrated to Exchange 2010 that their read receipts were not processing correctly. I decided to reproduce this issue, and sure enough I had the same problem. The reason I say this is a bug with Exchange 2010 is that I have tested…
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