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Chapter 1:  “ Choosing the Path to Windows 7”   A successful deployment of a desktop operating system begins long before the first client machines are touched. The collection of information about your client machines forms the basis for creating a successful deployment plan. In this first of...

Hello IT Professionals, Exactly a year back in May 2010 I had blogged about Microsoft PoC Jumpstart Kit v1.0 over here http://blogs.technet.com/b/aviraj/archive/2010/05/01/proof-of-concept-jumpstart-kit-v1-0.aspx Everyone liked the PoC Kit offered by Microsoft. Now, we have released Microsoft Proof of...

Hi All,   Last week one of our customers was trying to install System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager. During the installation customer encountered an issue with SQL Server when using Named Instance instead of Default Instance. MSSQLSERVER. I decided to try out the scenario on my own test...

Hello IT Professionals, Here are the resources for my session on “Top 10 Must Have Desktop Deployment Tools for IT Professionals” DOWNLOAD TOOLS The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows® 7 http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=5753 The Windows® Automated...

Hello IT Professionals, During the upcoming Virtual TechDays Event, I will be presenting on the following topic in Modernize Business Desktop Track. Session 1 Session Title: Top 5 Free Desktop Deployment and Planning Tools for Every IT Professional Description: Today's IT Professionals spend lot of time...

The Windows® Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) is a collection of tools that you can use to customize, assess, and deploy Windows operating systems to new computers. Windows Deployment is for OEMs and IT professionals who customize and automate the large-scale installation of Windows, such...

Infrastructure-as-a-Service Product Line Architecture Fabric Architecture Guide http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38817 This document provides customers with the necessary guidance to develop solutions for a Microsoft private cloud infrastructure in accordance with the IaaS PLA...

‘Wizards of Business Technology Award’ is an initiative from Microsoft to recognize you and your team’s SQL Server 2008 R2 deployment efforts. Share with us how it solved a critical business issue enabling your organization to make a huge business impact and get a chance to win a Dell Laptop each.

Microsoft’s eBook Deploying Windows® 7 Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine combine selected chapters written by industry experts Mitch Tulloch, Tony Northrup, Jerry Honeycutt, Ed Wilson, and the Windows 7 Team with select Windows 7 articles from TechNet Magazine. Sample...

The latest version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit—version 2012— is now available for download. Visit the Download Center to download MDT 2012. Deploy Windows 7, Office 2010, Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server “8” Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2 with the newly released Microsoft Deployment...

The latest version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit—version 2012 Update 1— is now available for download. Download MDT 2012 Update 1 now! This release expands your deployment capabilities with support for the latest software releases, including Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and System Center 2012...

This step-by-step guide explains how to install a custom image by using an operating system image that includes your customizations and applications. The guidance is designed specifically for small and medium business that may not have prior experience with Windows deployment or do not have an enterprise...

Today’s blog post is around Windows 7/2008 R2 SP1 Installation along with Internet Explorer 9. As you all aware when you install Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1, the default browser is Internet Explorer 8. Now, when you want to install Internet Explorer 9, there are several steps...

Many customers begin their virtualization journeys’ by virtualizing the low intensity, less critical workloads, such as File & Print Servers, or Web Servers, but as customer confidence in virtualization grows, customers need to understand the impact of virtualization, from a performance, scalability...

Here are some of the resources if you are planning to jump start Internet Explorer 9 deployments in your environment. If you are deploying Windows 7 in your organization or even if you are a consumer, it does add lot more value when you install Internet Explorer 9. Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Enterprises...

So, we have Windows 7 RTM’ d and now everyone is trying their hands o n this newly r eleased OS. It’s been great jou rney testing Wind ows 7 and then 1 by 1 seeing it growing towards RTM. Now tha t we have the final eve ryone has tried most of it. Now, the next stage is deployment. We have Large Enterprises...

Chapter 2:  “Building Windows 7 Images”   In the previous post we looked at the key information and first steps required to perform a successful deployment of Windows 7, we looked in some detail at one of the main concerns organizations have when deploying a new OS, application compatibility...

The downloadable files listed on this page contain the cross-component documentation for the Technical Scenarios for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The available downloads include: System Requirements for System Center 2012 SP1 - last updated January 15, 2013 Upgrade Sequencing for System Center...

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit makes it easy to assess your current IT infrastructure for a variety of technology migration projects. This Solution Accelerator provides a powerful inventory, assessment, and reporting tool to simplify the migration planning process. Overview The Microsoft...

  MDT 2010 DOWNLOAD NOW Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application deployment. MDT 2010 supports deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows Vista...

The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit team is working on the next version of MDT: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 , and we'd like to get your feedback! Download MDT 2012 Beta 2 now! Beta 2 of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 is now available for download! New features and enhancements make...

  Learn why and how Microsoft IT is changing its Exchange 2010 on premises offering to become a hybrid offering that includes the Office 365 suite. This discussion includes the business and IT benefits of running in a hybrid mode, key work streams to achieve success. READ HERE

In this article, Jeremy Chapman, a senior product manager at Microsoft, documents the high-level steps for IT professionals to perform an enterprise-scale desktop deployment project—starting with Windows XP and moving to Windows 7. Migrating User Files and Settings from Windows XP to Windows 7 Application...

This guide describes the considerations you should take into account when planning to deploy the Hyper-V™ technology, and provides installation and configuration details that will help you deploy Hyper-V. This guide provides Requirements, installation, and configuration information for Hyper-V. About...

Today, I will talk about installing Internet Explorer 9 using Command-Line Options. Internet Explorer 9 Installer supports installing by using Command-Line Switches. Note : This post is not about using Command-Line Switches for IEXPLORE.EXE In case you are expecting are there any Command-Line options...