Its IT Time and in today’s episode, Blain Barton and John Baker welcome IT Pro Community Manager, Stephen Rose. Tune in as Stephen walks us through the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and shows us how easy it is to slipstream IE9 and other applications...

In this episode I welcome Microsoft Setup and Deployment MVP, Maik Koster. Listen in as we chat about Enterprise deployment solutions as well as a program Maik help developed called the MDT Web FrontEnd, which gives users a customizable and flexible solution...

  “Automatically determine the location” Grayed Out in User Data page of Deployment Wizard I downloaded the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 1 to update my demo machines and work on doing some MDT 2012 Beta 1 screencasts.  One of the first...

  Internet Connected Appliances In a recent IT Time TechNet Radio interview last month I mentioned my condo building was in the process of updating the laundry room with new, INTERNET connected washer/dryers.   That’s right!!  Washers...

TechStravaganza Atlanta 2011 For those of you that didn’t make it to the TechStravaganza at the Microsoft office last Friday you missed a great day!!! We had 115 people turn up to see Mark Minasi give presentations on the Cloud and IPv6 as well as pick...

Its IT Time and in this episode Blain Barton and John Baker, welcome Jon Rolls, Vice-President of Product Management for Desktop Virtualization at Quest Software. Listen in as they chat about the consumerization of IT from a Virtual Desktop perspective...

    Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 In today’s episode I interview Michael Niehaus, Senior Software Development Engineer for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. Michael will discuss its evolution, how it compares to WDS and System Center Configuration...

  Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 1 rides the next wave of System Center releases with support for System Center Configuration Manager 2012.  For Lite Touch installations, MDT 2012 improves the overall client-side user experience...

What’s New? Planning your journey to the cloud just got a bit easier. The next release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.0 Beta—includes assessment capabilities to evaluate workloads for both public...

    It’s IT Time and in today’s episode, Blain Barton and John Baker welcome Sr. IT Pro Evangelist, Yung Chou as they discuss the “ 5-3-2” principle of Cloud Computing. Tune in as they chat about what makes up the Cloud , its delivery and deployment...

Where and When:  Microsoft Alpharetta Office - June 3rd, 2011 Presented By: Atlanta Active Directory User Group l Atlanta SBS User Group Atlanta SMS User Group l Atlanta PowerShell User Group Mark Minasi sessions on Cloud Computing and IPv6 PLUS...

It’s IT Time and in today’s episode we meet the East Region IT Pro Evangelists to the show. Listen in as we hear from John Baker, Bob Hunt, Dan Stolts and Yung Chou as they discuss a little bit about their technical backgrounds as well as how they each...

Don't miss this opportunity to get hands help with your Windows Phone 7 app, from the experts! This is a "hands on" hackathon where you will learn from Windows Phone 7, XNA and Azure experts how to build, scale and publish your Windows Phone...

Part 4 of 4: Desired Configuration Manager and Network Access Protection As more clients and servers are added to your environment, the task of managing these resources becomes much more complex. Knowing the range of available hardware and software, while...

Part 3 of 4: Operating System Deployment and Software Update Management: As more clients and servers are added to your environment, the task of managing these resources becomes much more complex. Knowing the range of available hardware and software, while...

Part 2 of 4: Site Server Roles: As more clients and servers are added to your environment, the task of managing these resources becomes much more complex. Knowing the range of available hardware and software, while keeping the machines current with the...

Part 1 of 4: The Administrator Console: This four-part series introduces you to System Center Configuration Manager 2007. As more clients and servers are added to your environment, the task of managing these resources becomes much more complex. Knowing...

Are you coming to Atlanta for Tech·Ed 2011or are you already here? Donate some of your time to make the world a better place by joining GeekGiveLocal and Atlanta's Peoplestown Revitalization Corporation to clean the area around the dedication ceremony...

If you’re managing an IT organization, you’ll know the consumerization of IT is creeping into your environment and probably causing a major management challenge.  If this is the case then I have the tool for you!!!! System Center Configuration Manager...

I did a post last week that talked about using BGInfo on my demo machines so I can have machine information displayed in the Desktop Background.  It was pointed out to me that my screenshot showed my background had a slew of (open) entries in my...

  In this episode I interview two Microsoft Setup and Deployment MVPs – Mikael Nystrom and Johan Arwidmark about Windows Deployment Services, the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and their book  They’re co-authors of “Deployment Fundamentals, Vol...

      TechStravaganza 2011   Presented By:   Atlanta Active Directory User Group  l Atlanta SBS User Group Atlanta SMS User Group l Atlanta PowerShell User Group   Mark Minasi sessions on Cloud Computing and IPv6 PLUS...

As an IT Evangelist, I’m able to provide a 15% discount on a TechNet Subscription Professional edition with this promo code TN3MNA08 or just click HERE to go straight to the subscription page and the promo code will be pre-populated in the form...

I often get asked at my live events about the utility I use to display machine information in the Desktop Background.  If you’ve been to one of my live events or watched any of my webcasts or screencasts, you’ve seen this as I use it on almost all...

Just a quick reminder for those of you in the ATLANTA, GA area!!!!   Our Systems Management FireStarter being held next Thursday, April 28, 2011 9:00 AM at the Microsoft Alpharetta office still has some seats available!!!   Click HERE...

Just a quick reminder for those of you in the TAMPA, FL area!!!!   Our Systems Management Firestarter being held next Tuesday, April 26, 2011 9:00 AM at the Microsoft Tampa office still has some seats available!!!   Click HERE to register...

Download this handy print-ready poster from the Springboard Series that explores the different options available for deploying Windows 7 in a small or midsize organization. The poster features an overview of each methods:  Manual Installation, Standard...

    It’s IT Time and in today’s episode Blain Barton and John Baker welcome Paul Bourgeau from the Windows Intune team. Tune in as Paul takes us through Windows Intune , an Online Service for PC Management, as he demos its user interface - the...

One of great new features of the USMT 4.0 is the ability to perform Offline User State Capture. We’ll discuss both offline options available, Windows PE and windows.old directory. We will cover when you would use this feature and what it actually migrates...

In part 4 of this series we’ll drill down in the Hard-link Migration option, one of the most compelling new features of USMT. We’ll look at why it greatly enhances the performance of a migration and finally we’ll see how to use the Scanstate and Loadstate...

Before we take a look at the two scenarios, Refresh Computer and Replace Computer, we’ll review the different types of migration stores available. We’ll look at the migration xml files and show how we can do some simple customizations. Resource Links...

Today’s session we’ll look at some of the new features of User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 including the Hard-link Migration Store, improved space estimation and integration with SCCM and MDT. We’ll drill down into a detailed discussion of exactly...

The Atlanta Systems Management User Group and System Center Virtual User Group invites you to attend the next SMUG meeting scheduled for April 22nd, 2011 for a day of great presentations, discussions, and networking. Registration If you are planning to...

In this session I’ll review the benefits and limitations of the USMT 4.0. I’ll look at what versions of the Windows are supported for migration as well as what different options for user state migration are available for small, medium and large businesses...

East Region DPE is currently delivering a System Center Management Firestarter Series .  The PowerPoint presentations covering the following topics are available here for download: System Center Essentials System Center Operations Manager System...