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Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:06 AM

Approving Windows Updates in an MDT 2010 Standalone Environment from a ConfigMgr Software Update Point

You’ve no doubt read some of the benefits around using the Software Update Point features of ConfigMgr. However, if you are already using MDT standalone as an Image Engineering environment – there is sometimes a duplication in having to manage software
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Attachment(s): ApproveUpdatesinWSUS.zip
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:24 PM

Making WinPE Wait for Network in LTI Deployments

In some environments, network device drivers and/or infrastructure take longer to load than WinPE waits before running the task sequence. This can be due to congested DHCP scopes, link negotiation latency or slow loading network drivers. In these cases,
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Attachment(s): WaitForNetwork.zip
Monday, September 21, 2009 1:36 PM

Using Device Aliases for Hardware Specific Application Installation

In my last post I described how to use and extend model aliases. In this installment I show how you can do the same thing with individual devices or groups of devices. Defining setting, applications, etc. by model works in many instances. However, there
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Attachment(s): ZTI-DetectHardwareExit.zip
Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:30 AM

Using and Extending Model Aliases for Hardware Specific Application Installation

In a post on his blog from a few years ago (found here ) Ben Hunter described a method of creating and using model aliases using BDD/MDT User Exit scripts. A model alias is a friendly name assigned to cover multiple model variations in a manufacturer’s
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Attachment(s): ModelAliasExit.zip
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 5:41 PM

Keeping An Eye On USMT Progress v0.2

Back in June I posted a script that I’d written that displays the progress of the USMT capture and recover phases in a neat HTML window off to one side of the screen; particularly useful if you are capturing/recovering large amounts of data because otherwise
Posted by Daniel Oxley | 3 Comments
Attachment(s): CUSTOM_USMT_Tracker.vbs
Monday, August 17, 2009 5:37 PM

Location Deployment Wizard for ConfigMgr 2007

When working on deployment projects, there is often a requirement for a workstation to be customised on a location by location basis. Common workstation customisations which are applied in this manner include: Localisation settings (locales, keyboard
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Attachment(s): Location Deployment Wizard.zip
Friday, June 26, 2009 11:31 AM

Keeping An Eye On USMT Progress

I recently did a project where all users had around 25Gb (don’t ask!) of data that had to be migrated with the USMT during the OS deployment. Because of the sheer volume of data, the USMT phases of the project took an extremely long time to complete,
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Attachment(s): USMT_Tracker.vbs
Thursday, March 26, 2009 3:06 PM

Sharing some simple HTAs

I was recently asked to share these files with a colleague, so I thought I would also share them with everyone via our blog. I developed them a while ago for a deployment project and I have since used them a few times more. Basically, they are 3 very
Posted by Daniel Oxley | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): SimpleHTAs.zip
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:29 PM

Deploying Win 7 to Boot From VHD with MDT 2010

One of the more difficult scenarios that customers have found in the past is multi-booting a new OS. The effort needed to re-partition the drive to allow for the new OS is sometimes too great. One new solution that is gaining ground in deployment is Boot
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 10 Comments
Attachment(s): ZTIDiskpartVHD.zip
Friday, December 12, 2008 10:00 AM

"Easy" List Items for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

In MDT rules processing with CustomSettings.ini, some of the items that can be configured are List Items. List Items are essentially multi-valued custom properties. Examples of items that are List Items are Applications in LTI and Packages in ZTI. To
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Attachment(s): EasyListItemExit.zip
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:27 PM

Porting Configuration Manager Task Sequences to a Different Environment

Many scenarios arise in which you may want to port your task sequence from one environment to another. Common scenarios include promotion through Lab and QA environments and migration between disconnected hierarchies. Configuration Manager allows you
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 1 Comments
Attachment(s): TSPromoScripts.zip
Friday, August 29, 2008 4:31 PM

Logging All the Configuration Manager Task Sequence Variables

When debugging a MDT based Configuration Manager Task Sequence, it is often helpful to know what certain built-in Configuration Manager variables are set to during a step in the task sequence. For instance, you may want to see if _SMSTSLastActionRetCode
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Attachment(s): OutputTSVariables.zip
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:41 AM

MDT Script Explanations

I get quite a few emails from people asking if there is a help file that details all of the scripts that are supplied with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). The scripts form the engine of a deployment and can also help you to develop a framework for
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 1 Comments
Monday, July 07, 2008 5:59 PM

Useful Script Number 6 - Pausing the Task Sequence

Have you ever wanted to pause the task sequence in MDT 2008 or ConfigMgr 2007 for a few seconds while something catches up...? I had a requirement to do this recently where I ran a task to close and cancel the Windows Sidebar at the start of the State
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Friday, June 06, 2008 3:03 PM

Useful Script Number 5 - Adjusting the Default User Registry Hive

Michael Murgolo did a great post on the different ways to adjust default settings when building an image ( Configuring default settings for Windows image deployment ) and one of the options presented was to targeted changes to the Default User Registry
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 7 Comments
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