When you disable the Group Policy setting Code Word by using Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MDM) 2008 Group Policy management functionality, some Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices may continue to use the previously set code word. This...

When you disable the Group Policy setting Code word frequency by using Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manger (MDM) 2008 Group Policy management functionality, some Windows Mobile 6.1 mobile devices may continue to ask the user to enter a code word...

I was looking around Facebook the other day and thought “Wow, there sure are a lot of companies out here, sharing information and whatnot” and then I thought hey, why not me too.  After all, if there’s another avenue that can be opened up that might...

We’ve recently been asked a few questions about the SCMDM roadmap and future versions. Here’s a quick overview of what is to come. At the recent MMS and Tech Ed US 2009 conferences, the System Center Configuration Manager team revealed some important...

As you may know, with the Service Pack 1 release of SCMDM we introduced support for virtualization of our server roles. This allows you to run the Windows Server 2003 x64 guest OS in a Hyper-V environment. We wanted to clarify that this applies to the...

If you attempt to install the MED-V v2 Host Agent while the MED-V v1 client is installed and a MED-V v1 workspace is currently running, you will get the following error message: The MED-V ToGo USB drive was not properly ejected. This may result in...

When installing the MED-V 2.0 Host Agent, you must first deploy the Virtual PC components. If you have not installed Windows 7 Service pack 1, the requirements are straight forward: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg548583.aspx The Virtual...

We published the following new Knowledge Base article/update today that’s primarily to address localization but note that there are a couple additional fixes that it includes: ===== Summary This update for MED-V 2.0 provides the capability for localized...

Here’s another article written by Microsoft Partner and MVP Leandro E. Carvalho that’s over in the TechNet Wiki. This one walks you through creating a new Workspace Package using Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization 2.0: Before users begin to use...

Throughout the past couple of years, I have written extensively on MED-V v1.0. Now that version 2 of MED-V has been released, many experienced users of MED-V are discovering that while it achieves the same results as version 1.0, there are significant...

New to Microsoft MED-V v2 or just wondering what all the buzz is about? If so then head over to the TechNet Wiki and check out the great new article written by Microsoft MVP Leandro E. Carvalho: Imagine that you need to migrate all your farm of workstations...

TrimTransfer, as well as revertible workspaces will not be available in version 2 of MED-V. With a host being Windows 7 and a Workspace being Windows XP, there is not much use for it. As you read more about the new features of MED-V v2, you will also...

Hi, I’m Dave Trupkin, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V). On behalf of the entire MED-V team, I’d like to congratulate the Internet Explorer team on the release of Internet Explorer 9. I’m...

Now that MED-V 2.0 is released we decided to publish a couple KB articles to give you a heads up on some issues we saw during the beta. Most of these are just FYIs and configuration related scenarios but if you’re rolling out Microsoft Enterprise Desktop...

Today we announced the general availability of MDOP 2011, which includes among other things the long awaited MED-V 2.0!  So what’s new in this release?  Well, lots really.  According to Gavriella Schuster over on the Windows for your Business...

In previous blog posts, the importance of maintaining consistency of encryption key pairs across MED-V policy servers was discussed as well as proactive maintenance and backups of workspace keys. The following are some more various problems that can result...

There is no option to manage the VM MAC address using the MED-V Client Interface or workspace policy. During the first time setup phase MED-V automatically deletes the old VM MAC address and then creates new random MAC address. This cannot be overwritten...

By default, the automatic copying of customizations from the Administrator profile to the default user profile will not occur with SYSPREP if using Windows XP SP2 (with Hotfix 887816) or Windows XP SP3. This is discussed in the following article: http...

I get this question all of the time: ”Is there a more streamlined way on troubleshooting the first-time setup?  It is such a pain in the neck to have to wait and re-download an image just to test one simple command or piece of syntax!” The answer...

Microsoft's own Steve Rachui explains how to quickly and easily test remote SQL connectivity using any account you like.  This is a neat trick that will surely prove useful when working with a wide variety of products. J.C. Hornbeck | System Center...

Just a heads up on a new MED-V Knowledge Base article we published yesterday.  If you're having trouble uploading an image to an image distribution server you'll definitely want to check this one out: ===== Symptoms The following error may occur...

So you say you didn't get a chance to attend Tech·Ed Berlin?  Or maybe you did but you still just can't get enough of Desktop Virtualization?  Either way, Dave Trupkin, Senior Product Manager for App-V and Med-V, was there and he spent some...

Just in case you missed it, our very own Karri Alexion-Tiernan recently posted a great article that goes through the trends, the advantages and the opportunities of integrating Desktop Virtualization into your Windows 7 plans over on the Windows Team...

In working with MED-V and supporting MED-V, I have found that there are three major areas that can be affected when using NAT mode instead of Bridged Mode with persistent mode MED-V workspaces. - Application Icons not displaying properly (or being cached...

The following is a list of the entire default environment variables used by MED-V 1.0 Service Pack 1 organized by use context. Variables Allowed for Renaming Computer during VM Setup During the VM Setup process, there is an optional action to rename the...