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PXE Deployment with Surface Pro
Posted
7 days ago
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Ben Hunter
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PXE support has been added to Surface Pro as part of the May firmware update. This means that as long as you have the Surface Pro Ethernet Adapter and installed the firmware update you can now perform PXE based deployments to Surface Pro. For detailed...
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Deploying Drivers and Firmware to Surface Pro
Posted
7 days ago
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Ben Hunter
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In the last month the Surface Pro team have started releasing driver and firmware pack s that include all on the drivers and firmware required for Surface Pro. This pack is a simple zip file that contains all of the drivers as INF files that can be installed...
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Supporting Windows 8 Mail App in the Enterprise
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9 days ago
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lutz seidemann
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In a recent project we faced an interesting problems using the Windows 8 Mail App. Windows 8 include a built-in email app named Mail (also referred to as Windows 8 Mail or the Windows 8 Mail app). We used a Standard User Account without any local Admin...
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Windows 8 – Supporting proxy services with Static Configurations, Web Hosted PAC files and Domain Policy Configured Proxy
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15 days ago
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Scott Culbertson
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Many companies have started using Windows 8 and have noticed with some of the new features there are times when things just don’t seem to work the way they expected them too; this was due to configuration needs and not actual issues in many cases. ...
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USMT Restore Status Notification HTA in Full Operating System
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1 month ago
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Brad Tucker
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In my previous blog entry , I explained my customer’s need for stand-alone USMT Capture and USMT Restore task sequences and their need for a notification box to pop up and let the technicians know the process completed successfully. This post will...
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USMT Capture Status Notification HTA in Full Operating System
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1 month ago
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Brad Tucker
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Recently, I had a customer that wanted separate, stand-alone USMT Capture and USMT Restore task sequences. They had key depot locations that would allow users to drop off an old machine, and have the depot technicians image and restore...
The Deployment Guys
Create Windows-To-Go drives in a simple Factory mode
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2 months ago
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DeploymentGuys
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Windows To Go is a feature in Windows 8 Enterprise that allows Windows 8 Enterprise to boot and run from mass storage devices such as USB flash drives and external hard disk drives. It is a fully manageable corporate Windows 8 environment. During a recent...
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Printer Remapping in Windows 7 Deployments
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3 months ago
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DeploymentGuys
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One of the challenges that I frequently come across is the shift from 32-bit operating system environments to 64-bit operating system environment during deployment projects. Windows 7 ships as both 32-bit as well as 64-Bit, with the 64-bit version becoming...
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Windows 8 BitLocker Deployment and PowerShell
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4 months ago
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DeploymentGuys
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With Windows 7 deployments, BitLocker installation for Operating System and data volumes has typically been configured as a post Operating System deployment activity – usually using the Enable BitLocker task sequence actions or by using the manage-bde...
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Windows 8 – Customizing the Default Lock Screen
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5 months ago
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Ben Hunter
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Have you tried to change the default wallpaper on the Windows 8 lock screen? Now I live in Seattle and quite like the stylized picture of Seattle but in an enterprise environment you may want a more “corporate” image. Until now you have...
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Windows 8: Automating the installation of .NET Framework 3.5 with MDT
Posted
6 months ago
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Ben Hunter
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[Correction – November 14th 2012] I have been informed that the new built in roles and features functionality of MDT 2012 Update 1 has the following very useful functionality. It will automatically try to find the SXS folder in the deployment...
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Removing Built-in Applications from Windows 8
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6 months ago
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Ben Hunter
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When creating a Windows 8 Image for the Enterprise you may not want to include all of the default Windows Store Applications. These applications are easy enough to remove by right clicking on the app tile in the Start Screen, but as you most likely know...
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Windows 8 Start Screen Customization with MDT
Posted
6 months ago
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Ben Hunter
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If you are creating a Windows 8 image then you most likely want to customize the Start Screen layout that users see when they logon for the first time. However the question is "how should I customize the Start Screen?" There are three approaches that...
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Automatically Populate the PATCH Property for the ConfigMgr Client Installation - Updated for ConfigMgr 2012
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7 months ago
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Michael Murgolo
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Two years ago I posted a script to automatically set the PATCH property used by ccmsetup.exe to install client updates during the Configuration Manager client installation in a task sequence. That post is found here . Since Cumulative Update 1 for ConfigMgr...
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Finish Actions for Configuration Manager OSD
Posted
10 months ago
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Michael Murgolo
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MDT 2010 introduced a new feature called Finish Actions . This allowed you to set the variable FinishAction to either SHUTDOWN, RESTART (or REBOOT), or LOGOFF and the computer would be shutdown, restarted, or logged off after the task sequence ...
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Run command line as domain user – Incorrect Function Error
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over 1 year ago
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DeploymentGuys
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When deploying Windows clients using Configuration Manager 2007 and MDT 2010 Update 1, there is often a requirement to run task sequence actions as a domain user as opposed to the local system account. For example, in order to perform actions on a computer...
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Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) UK is Hiring
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over 1 year ago
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DeploymentGuys
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MCS UK are looking for a technical consultant to specialise in client deployment (Windows 7 and Windows 8), Systems Centre 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) – to view and apply...
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Approval request notification for Systems Center 2012 Configuration Manager
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over 1 year ago
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Aly Shivji
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My favorite feature in Systems Center 2012 Configuration Manager (Configuration Manager) is without a doubt the new and shiny self-service Application Catalog portal. The new Application Catalog feature is packed with benefits for both the application...
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Using MBAM to start BitLocker Encryption in a Task Sequence
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
David Hornbaker
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The script has been updated to abort if the TPM is not Active and to create Endorsement Key Pair if it does not exist on the TPM. Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) provides features to manage BitLocker encryption of computers...
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Expiring Outdated Stand-Alone Media
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over 1 year ago
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Brad Tucker
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In my previous post ‘ How to Limit or Restrict the Use of Bootable Media Devices for OS Deployment Using SCCM ’, I showed you how to limit or restrict outdated boot media devices. As promised, I am now going to offer a solution for stand...
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Internet Explorer 6 Migration Roadshow events - UK
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over 1 year ago
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DeploymentGuys
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Microsoft is working with a number of compatibility partners to host Internet Explorer 6 Migration Roadshow events around the UK. With support for Windows XP coming to an end on the 8 th April 2014 and IE6 standing in so many people’s way of migration...
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Dynamically Installing ‘Computer Specific’ Applications Using Configuration Manager with MDT
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over 1 year ago
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Brad Tucker
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There is a little known component of the MDT database that, when used with Configuration Manager, can automatically re-install applications that were previously installed on a device. It is not well known, simply because it isn’t readily...
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Finding All References to MDT Variables in a Deployment Share: VariableDocumentor v1.0
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over 1 year ago
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Aly Shivji
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MDT is very flexible in the ability to define and use variables inline and in different locations. However, this also means that if you forget to assign a variable a value it may lead to unintended consequences that you might not easily discover. There...
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Windows 7 Deployment Options for Small and Midsize Businesses
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over 1 year ago
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Daniel Oxley
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Happy new year to everyone! It looks like I am making the first blog post here for 2012 :-) To get the year rolling I thought I'd share anexcellent resource that I stumbled across this week, even though it was published back in November. If you follow...
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MDT 2012: New Features – Hide Shell
Posted
over 2 years ago
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Ben Hunter
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Here is a common scenario. You are deploying an operating system using MDT Lite Touch, during the deployment you install some user specific applications. However the users think that the deployment is completed an they close the application installs or...
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