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Sunday, October 28, 2007 10:22 AM

BDD 2007 - TechNet Magazine article worth reading

One of my fellow Microsoft Services consultants from the UK Adam Shepherd, has just had an article published in TechNet Magazine. The article provides advice on how to scale BDD. This includes how to to support multiple databases, use DFS-R and how to
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Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:55 AM

BDD is now Microsoft Deployment

The big secret is now out! BDD has officially had a name change, the next version will be called Microsoft Deployment. I was hoping the new name would be "the solution accelerator formerly known as BDD" but I don't think that even made it to first cut
Posted by BenHunter | 8 Comments
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 7:44 PM

BDD 2007 - How to create a Custom task sequence with reboots

I am often asked how to setup a custom task sequence that will continue after a reboot. If you have created a custom task sequence to install a number of applications that includes a reboot then you will know the problem I am taking about. When you do
Posted by BenHunter | 15 Comments
Attachment(s): Z-SetupForAutologon.zip
Sunday, October 07, 2007 10:25 AM

BDD 2007 -How to ensure the computer is in the correct OU

As promised in a previous blog post here is a script to move a computer to the correct OU from within the host operating system. There are two situations where I find this script useful: When a computer object already exists in Active Directory for the
Posted by BenHunter | 10 Comments
Attachment(s): Z-MoveComputer_HostOS.zip
Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:21 PM

BDD 2007 - How do you do it?

I am often asked how I install and configure BDD 2007. So I thought now was a good time to detail at a high level the process I go through to create and deploy operating system images using BDD 2007. This is not a step by step guide but more of a rant
Posted by BenHunter | 81 Comments
Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:47 AM

BDD 2007 - How to move a computer object in Windows PE

Many of my customers have Group Policy settings that are very restrictive and cause problems during operating system deployments. For example the legal notice messages can interrupt an automated logon process. This can be a real hassle to get around when
Posted by BenHunter | 19 Comments
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Attachment(s): Scripts.zip
Monday, September 10, 2007 9:15 PM

BDD 2007 - Time saving tips - How to manually restart the build process

When troubleshooting the BDD deployment I often make a change then test. Then find that I need to make another adjustment and test again. Well this this process can be time consuming especially if you have to wait for Windows PE to reboot each time. Well
Posted by BenHunter | 5 Comments
Monday, August 13, 2007 10:41 PM

BDD 2007 - How to Prompt for information then update the database

I have previously published posts detailing how you can perform bulk updates to the database and how you can use the LTI wizard to prompt for information in ZTI deployments. Now I think it's about time I show you how to combine these two features and
Posted by BenHunter | 9 Comments
Attachment(s): DBUpdate.zip
Sunday, August 05, 2007 2:58 AM

BDD2007 - Bulk database updates

I am often asked how I perform bulk updates to the BDD 2007 database. BDD 2.5 provided a tool to perform this task but BDD 2007 does not. To get around this issue I use a simple CSV import process. Unlike the BDD 2.5 the BDD 2007 database is made up of
Posted by BenHunter | 3 Comments
Attachment(s): Ben Hunter - Bulk Import.zip
Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:07 AM

BDD 2007 - Quick Start Guide Released

For all of you that are new to BDD 2007 (and some of those that aren't) I would highly recommend getting your hands on the "Quick Start for BDD 2007" white paper. As it says it will help you quickly get started with BDD without the need for wading through
Posted by BenHunter | 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:53 AM

BDD 2007 - Troubleshooting Database issues

I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked to help some troubleshoot their database issues, so I decided it was time to write a blog about it. This blog details the common issues faced when using the BDD configuration database. The first
Posted by BenHunter | 28 Comments
Friday, June 29, 2007 9:44 AM

BDD 2007 - Intel Mass Storage Drivers (iastor)

Everytime Intel releases a new mass storage chipset I receive the same call/email from from most of my customers and it goes something like this: "Hi Ben, I have just got a new machine and I can't deploy an image to it, do you know what is going on?"
Posted by BenHunter | 22 Comments
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:57 AM

BDD 2007 - New BDD blog

Richard Smith one of my fellow Microsoft consultants from the UK has started a blog (finally!). Richard is very knowledgeable on everything about BDD and operating system deployment so I am sure you will find his blog very useful. Richard has started
Posted by BenHunter | 44 Comments
Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:36 AM

BDD 2007 - Understanding BDD logs

Before you can troubleshoot BDD 2007 you need to clearly understand the many logs used during an OS deployment. If you understand what log to refer to and at what time you will find things that where once mysterious become understandable. With this in
Posted by BenHunter | 16 Comments
Friday, June 15, 2007 12:33 AM

BDD 2007 - BDD and PowerTab - Be teased no more!

I am sure that many of you a very keen to use the functionality demonstrated in the PowerShell Guy's BDD 2007 teaser. Well be teased no more..... it’s available! http://thepowershellguy.com/blogs/posh/archive/2007/06/14/powertab-0-93-powershell-tab-expansion-scripts-library.aspx
Posted by BenHunter | 2 Comments
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