Cameron's Blog - Cravings of System Center
Package Conversion Manager version 2.0.1
Just a quick update. Package Conversion Manager 2.0.1 is now available for download here. The...
Author: Cameronk Date: 02/07/2013
Why is PCM not installing when I have my ConfigMgr console installed to a location other than the default
The Problem Due to differences between ConfigMgr 2012 RTW and SP1 the same PCM code base needed to...
Author: Cameronk Date: 01/21/2013
Configuration Manager 2012 Package Conversion Manager 2.0 Released
System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 has been released. This release of Package Conversion Manager...
Author: Cameronk Date: 01/15/2013
Package Conversion Manager(PCM) - Moving your targeting intent to the App Model
You probably have many collections each of which contain one or more query in order to populate each...
Author: Cameronk Date: 09/12/2012
System Center 2012 SP1 Configuration Manager Package Conversion Manager 2.0 Beta Released
Package Conversion Manager provides an easy to use interface for converting packages to ConfigMgr...
Author: Cameronk Date: 09/11/2012
How to add in additional stage groups and stages
Overview I have been meaning to write this blog for a while. Through the UDI Designer there is no...
Author: Cameronk Date: 09/06/2012
Why aren't the options I selected from the language page set correctly - A must read for language usage with MDT 2012 Update 1 UDI
The Problem If you are using MDT 2012 Update 1 UDI and are configuring language settings, you may...
Author: Cameronk Date: 08/22/2012
MDT 2012 UDI Video Series - Replace Deployment Scenario
In an effort to inform those who are currently using or are planning on using UDI about the features...
Author: Cameronk Date: 07/31/2012
MDT 2012 UDI Video Series - New Computer Deployment
In an effort to inform those who are currently using or are planning on using UDI about the features...
Author: Cameronk Date: 07/28/2012
MDT 2012 UDI Video Series - Application Discovery - Wouldn't it be nice if your apps were discovered for reinstall?
User-driven Installation (UDI): Automatically Re-install Applications with Application Discovery...
Author: Cameronk Date: 07/28/2012
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Update 1 Beta 1 available for download
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Download MDT 2012 Update 1 Beta 1 now! Microsoft Deployment Toolkit...
Author: Cameronk Date: 07/05/2012
UDI fails to read or set task sequence variables on a ConfigMgr 2012 64-bit Platform
If you are running MDT 2012 UDI on a 64 bit OS and are using System Center 2012 ConfigMgr (64-bit...
Author: Cameronk Date: 07/01/2012
MDT 2012 Released
It has been a long road, but MDT 2012 has finally released with tons of new features and...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/17/2012
UDA with MDT 2012 UDI
As part of ConfigMgr's move towards user centric, ConfigMgr User Device Affinity(UDA) allows you to...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/03/2012
MMS 2012: Tons of Knowledge to be had and Presentations Galore
MMS is around the corner and there are tons of sessions and knowledge to take away. This sold out...
Author: Cameronk Date: 03/15/2012
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 RC1 Release
MDT 2012 RC1, including the new version of User Driven Installation(UDI), is now available for...
Author: Cameronk Date: 02/29/2012
The UDI Page Library
The MDT 2012 UDI Designer has a new concept called the Page Library. The Page Library allows you to...
Author: Cameronk Date: 02/25/2012
A Look at the UDI Designer Flow
In today’s post I would like to talk a bit about the Designer Flow. Two key concepts we had...
Author: Cameronk Date: 12/29/2011
What’s New in MDT 2012 Beta 2 UDI Part 2 - Wizard
Wizard The wizard has been rewritten as well as the designer to give it a new look and feel, make it...
Author: Cameronk Date: 12/07/2011
What’s New in MDT 2012 Beta 2 UDI Part 1 - Designer
There hasn’t been a release of UDI since MDT 2010 Update 1 and with a complete redesign of the...
Author: Cameronk Date: 11/18/2011
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 2 Release
Release MDT 2012 Beta 2, including the new version of User Driven Installation(UDI), is now...
Author: Cameronk Date: 11/10/2011
Enabling the Hyper-V role during a task sequence while avoiding the reboots
When enabling the hyper-v role during a task sequence, using ServerManagerCMD.exe the role...
Author: Cameronk Date: 05/22/2011
Package Conversion Manger Readiness States and Rules
In my previous post I gave an overview of what Package Conversion Manger (PCM) was. In this post I...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/14/2011
Package Conversion Manager (PCM) CTP 1 High Level Overview
Getting Started As I mentioned in my previous post, Package Conversion Manager (PCM) allows for...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/10/2011
Returning from MMS
Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) is a great place to learn about the great new products and...
Author: Cameronk Date: 03/29/2011
The Case of the Mysterious Disappearing Apps Part 1
I have received several emails asking why applications are not showing up in various scenarios even...
Author: Cameronk Date: 02/03/2011
Can I use ServiceUI.exe to launch other programs besides the UDI Setup Wizard?
In a previous blog post located here we outlined how to create an interactive task sequence...
Author: Cameronk Date: 01/25/2011
UDI Wizard Task Sequence variables
I know that I haven't posted in a while, but I have been thinking about it. I have several topics in...
Author: Cameronk Date: 12/28/2010
MDT 2010 Update 1 Release
Release The long awaited release of MDT 2010 Update 1 is finally here. After making several fixes...
Author: Cameronk Date: 07/10/2010
MDT 2010 Update 1 Beta Release Part 2: Things You Should Know
Overview This blog post is meant to quickly explain some of the things that you should know when...
Author: Cameronk Date: 05/17/2010
MDT 2010 Update 1 Beta Release
Release The long awaited release of MDT 2010 Update 1 Beta is finally here. We have been working...
Author: Cameronk Date: 05/10/2010
Getting Started with Modena – Step 6 – Setting up Applications
The following blog post was created prior to Modena releasing as UDI. Although the designer shown is...
Author: Cameronk Date: 05/05/2010
How to read task sequence variables in a run state
Overview For those times when you need to find out what a variable is set to while running a task...
Author: Cameronk Date: 05/05/2010
Collecting USMTv4 Stats using ConfigMgr 2007 when deploying Windows 7
If you are using ConfigMgr to deploy Operating systems, and leveraging USMT (User State Migration...
Author: Cameronk Date: 05/04/2010
Hiding Background with OSD - A C# Sample to Hide Window
In this post the basics for finding and hiding a window will be shown in Visual Studio 2008 (C#). As...
Author: Cameronk Date: 05/01/2010
Consolidating Your Task Sequences Part 2: How do I apply the appropriate index from a WIM using a task sequence
Overview In Consolidating Your Task Sequence Part 1: How to Combine WIM images into one I discussed...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/30/2010
Consolidating Your Task Sequence Part 1: How to Combine WIM images into one
Overview If you have multiple images that you deploy but would like to reduce the amount of...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/29/2010
Snazzy OSD status with BGInfo
This Blog post was created by Michael Schmidt. Controlling the look and feel throughout OSD a very...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/28/2010
Creating a user-interactive Task Sequence experience
This blog post was created by Michael Schmidt. At Microsoft, we have the unique challenge of having...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/27/2010
Getting Back from MMS
For those of you who do not know me I was the feature PM of the product formally known as Modena. I...
Author: Cameronk Date: 04/26/2010