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Friday, July 17, 2009 8:21 PM

Querying the MDT database using a custom model

This seems to be a frequent question that comes up: “I am working with PCs from <vendor> that have model strings that frequently change, although the first part is always consistent.  How can I use these models with the MDT database without
Posted by mniehaus | 8 Comments
Sunday, July 12, 2009 7:15 AM

MDT 2010 New Feature #18: Selection Profiles

As mentioned previously , MDT 2010 now allows you to create as many folders as you want, in whatever hierarchy you want. Once you have all of these folders, you need a convenient way of selecting one or more that you want to use for various activities.
Posted by mniehaus | 0 Comments
Friday, July 10, 2009 8:21 PM

MDT 2010 New Feature #17: Customizable boot image process

I mentioned before that the boot image creation process used by the Deployment Workbench is significantly enhanced in MDT 2010 Beta 2, but didn’t really talk too much about how the process works behind the scenes.  Now, this is template-based, with
Posted by mniehaus | 2 Comments
Friday, July 10, 2009 8:38 AM

MDT 2010 New Feature #16: PowerShell support

It seems like an understatement to just say that MDT 2010 now supports PowerShell to automate Deployment Workbench administrative tasks.  Really, Deployment Workbench has been completely re-architected – all operations you perform through the UI
Posted by mniehaus | 2 Comments
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:18 PM

MDT 2010 New Feature #15: Finish actions

When you perform a Lite Touch deployment, the task sequence runs through to completion, and then you will see a summary wizard that shows you any errors or warnings that may have occurred during the process.  That wizard could be skipped by setting
Posted by mniehaus | 2 Comments
Friday, July 03, 2009 6:17 PM

MDT 2010 New Feature #14: Database improvements

There were two main database limitations in MDT 2008 Update 1: We didn’t add any new “settings” columns – the list of available settings was still the same as it was originally in BDD 2007. To add new columns to the database and to have them show up in
Posted by mniehaus | 3 Comments
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:53 PM

MDT 2010 New Feature #13: New task sequence templates

There are two new Lite Touch task sequence templates provided in MDT 2010: Capture only (CaptureOnly.xml).  This task sequence includes only the steps to sysprep the OS, reboot into Windows PE, and capture a WIM file (with the right /FLAGS value). 
Posted by mniehaus | 14 Comments
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:40 PM

MDT 2010 New Feature #12: USMT 4.0 hardlink support

Version 4.0 of the User State Migration Tool will release with Windows 7.  The RC version of it is available in the Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 RC ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=60a07e71-0acb-453a-8035-d30ead27ef72&displaylang=en
Posted by mniehaus | 0 Comments
 
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