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Fix for ‘Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed” problem with MDT 2010

msdeployment — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:31:00 GMT

There have been reports of a problem when running Refresh, Replace, Sysprep and Capture, and Custom task sequences with MDT 2010. When running those scenarios an error message is displayed after completing the wizard that states “A connection to the distribution share could not be made”. When looking at the log files the error states: ‘Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed.”

This problem seems to occur most often when logged onto the client machine as one user and entering different credentials into the deployment wizard or customsettings.ini.

We have developed a fix for this problem. To fix the problem you should edit the ztiutility.vbs file in the deployment share under the scripts folder. Open the file in notepad and replace the following code in the MapNetworkDriveEX function:

Case Else

' Case &h800704C3 ' Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed.

' Case &h8007052E ' Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.

' There was a some kind of fatal error.

If ErrDesc <> "" then

MapNetworkDriveEx = ErrDesc

Else

MapNetworkDriveEx = "Unable to map UNC Path " & sShare & " :" & "( 0x" & hex(HasError) & " ) "

End if

oLogging.CreateEntry MapNetworkDriveEx & "", iLogType

Exit function

End select

With this code:

Case Else

Err.Clear

On Error Resume Next

oNetwork.MapNetworkDrive chr(sDrive)&":", sShare, False

HasError = err.number

ErrDesc = err.Description

On Error Goto 0

If Err.Number <> 0 Then

' There was a some kind of fatal error.

If ErrDesc <> "" then

MapNetworkDriveEx = ErrDesc

Else

MapNetworkDriveEx = "Unable to map UNC Path " & sShare & " :" & "( 0x" & hex(HasError) & " ) "

End if

oLogging.CreateEntry MapNetworkDriveEx & "", iLogType

Exit function

Else

Exit Function

End If

End select

We thank you very much for your feedback and assistance in helping us fix this problem. We are currently working on a KB article that decribes these steps and will update once that KB article is available

MDT 2010 is Released!

msdeployment — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:25:11 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of MDT 2010 available for download here.

MDT 2010 has been in planning and development for a little over a year and is our largest release to date with over 70% of our code changing since MDT 2008. MDT 2010 has also been tested throughout our Beta and Release Candidate versions by well over 10,000 IT professionals around the world. We appreciate all of the feedback you have given and without your help this release would not have been possible.

Michael Niehaus did a great series of blog posts on most of the new features of MDT 2010. You can review those posts here: http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/search.aspx?q=MDT+2010+New+Feature&p=1

Please make sure you review the release notes for instructions on how to upgrade from MDT 2008 or one of the beta releases of MDT 2010.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR MAKING THIS RELEASE POSSIBLE!

MDT 2010 Release Candidate is Now Available for Download!

msdeployment — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:01:48 GMT

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the release candidate of MDT 2010. This release contains numerous bug fixes since MDT 2010 Beta 2. MDT 2010 RC has been tested and will work with Windows 7 RTM and Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM as well as all previously supported operating systems.

A BIG Thank You to all of you who tested and have given feedback for MDT 2010 Beta 2. We were able to fix several bugs and push through some design changes based on your feedback. Now is the time for you to verify the bug fixes and continue to provide feedback as we work towards the release of MDT 2010.

As with any release please make sure you read through the release notes to understand the known issues with this release and make sure you have a backup of your deployment environment before you upgrade to MDT 2010 RC.

If you have not signed up on our connect site you can still do so here: https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=14

Thank you very much for your support and we hope you continue to provide feedback!

Deploying Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 with MDT 2008 Update 1

msdeployment — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:35:44 GMT

We have released a new KB article that describes the steps needed to deploy Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 with MDT 2008 Update 1. For the most part the deployments will work without problems. However if you want to deploy SP2 language packs there are some modifications necessary in the scripts.

See the KB article for more information: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=971943

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2 is now Available for Download!

msdeployment — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:06:14 GMT

Get ready to deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2.

The Windows^® 7 and Windows Server^® 2008 R2 launches are just around the corner. As you prepare to deploy these operating systems, get a jump start with Microsoft^® Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Beta 2. Leverage this Solution Accelerator to achieve efficient, cost-effective deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

MDT 2010 is the next version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application deployment. New features such as flexible driver management, optimized user interface workflow, and Windows PowerShell^™ can simplify deployment and make your job easier. MDT 2010 will support deployment of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deployment of Windows Vista^®, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP. Join the beta now!

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is the recommended process and toolset for automating desktop and server deployment. MDT provides you with the following benefits:

Unified tools and processes required for desktop and server deployment in a common deployment console and collection of guidance.
Reduced deployment time and standardized desktop and server images, along with improved security and ongoing configuration management.
Fully automated zero touch installation deployments by leveraging System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 beta and Windows deployment tools. For those without a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 infrastructure, MDT leverages Windows deployment tools for lite touch installation deployments.

New Functionality

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2 is a significant upgrade over MDT 2010 Beta 1. MDT 2010 Beta 2 adds the following new features and functionality:

Deployment Workbench Enhancements

Manage multiple Deployment Shares from a single Deployment Workbench including local Deployment Shares or from a network location including standalone DFS shares
Replicate content between Deployment Shares through "Linked Deployment Shares" and use selection profiles to manage what content gets replicated
Multiple users can now interact with the same Deployment Share
Create folders to manage Drivers, Task Sequences, Operating Systems, and OS Packages
Drag-and-drop, copy-and-paste, and cut-and-paste between folders or between Deployment Shares

Powershell Capabilities

Anything done from within the Deployment Workbench can be scripted through Powershell
A drive provider has been added for enumerating folders, items, and properties
Cmdlets can be used for importing content such as Drivers, Operating Systems, Task Sequences, etc.

Task Sequence and Script Enhancements

Improved Diagnostics and Logging with more specific error messages
Real time logging directly to a network share
Enhanced log collection
Two new task sequence templates (Capture Only, Post OS Installation)
Pause and Resume a task sequence
Automatically detect and fix domain join problems
Improved user interface for client wizards
Deploy to a specified disk or partition (Vista or later)
Refresh Bitlocker encrypted systems to Windows 7 without decrypting the contents of the disk

Configuration Manager Enhancements

Improved wizard for creating task sequences
USMT 4.0 hard-link support

Next Steps

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Beta 2 is now available! To invite customers and partners to join the Beta program, forward them the information in this e-mail message.

Download the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 2 and give us your feedback (Live ID login and registration required). If already a member, click here.
Learn more about this toolkit by visiting MDT TechNet site

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta 1 is now available!

msdeployment — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:59:46 GMT

Open Beta for MDT 2010—Join Now

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

Deploy Windows 7 beta with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. Join the beta at http://connect.microsoft.com. Follow the instructions on this blog post to get connected to the Beta: http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment/archive/2008/12/03/a-new-version-is-coming-soon.aspx

MDT 2010 is the next version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a solution accelerator for operating system and application deployment. New features like flexible driver management, optimized transaction processing, and access to distribution shares from any location simplify deployment and make your job easier. Deploy faster and easier with MDT 2010. Join the beta now.

Tell us what you think! Join the beta and send us your honest feedback. We appreciate your input.

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is the fourth generation deployment accelerator from Microsoft. It is the recommended process and toolset to automate desktop and server deployment. MDT benefits you by providing:

· Detailed guidance and job aids for every organized role involved with large-scale deployment projects.

Unified tools and processes required for desktop and server deployment in a common deployment console and collection of guidance.
Reduced deployment time, standardized desktop and server images, along with improved security and ongoing configuration management.

New Functionality

Support for deploying Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 in addition to deploying Windows Vista SP1, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP SP3, and Windows 2003 SP2
Hard Link Migrations using USMT 4 for Refresh scenarios which will dramatically reduce your user state backup and restore time
Integration of the new Windows AIK 2.0 Beta toolset such as DISM and BCDBOOT, and Windows PE 3.0

Join the Beta

Additional infrastructure deployment tools are available as beta releases on the Connect Web site. They are open beta downloads. See below for instructions on how to access the Connect Web site.

To join the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Beta, follow these steps:

1. Visit the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Beta at http://connect.microsoft.com.

2. Sign in using a valid Windows Live ID to continue to the Invitations page.

3. Scroll down to Microsoft Deployment Connection.

If you have not previously registered with Microsoft Connect, you might be required to register before continuing with the invitation process.

If the link in step 1 does not work for you, copy the link and paste it into the Web browser address bar.

Related Resources

Check out other Solution Accelerators! Visit the SAT page on TechNet, http://www.microsoft.com/solutionaccelerators, for additional information.

We appreciate your comments and feedback, please send mail to satfdbk@microsoft.com

A new version is coming soon!

msdeployment — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:50:08 GMT

The latest version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, MDT 2010, is currently being developed. This new version, which is due to be released shortly after the Windows 7 release, will offer:

Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Deployment Workbench and script architecture improvements.
Documentation improvements.

The first beta release will be made available in the coming weeks. Please sign up for at the Connect website to be notified as soon as it is available, if you haven’t already done so. To sign up, follow these simple steps:

Access http://connect.microsoft.com.
Sign on using any valid Live ID.
From the Connection Directory, find the “Solution Accelerators” connection.
Apply for the “Microsoft Deployment Toolkit” program. Approval is automatic.

We look forward to receiving your feedback on this new MDT 2010 version and encourage you to use the Connect site for that feedback.

If you have suggestions, comments, or concerns about MDT 2008 (the current release), please submit that through the Connect site as well.

Microsoft Deployment Team featured on the Technet Radio Podcast

msdeployment — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:22:52 GMT

We recently had the honor of sitting down with Technet Radio and recording a series of FAQ's about MDT 2008 and a brief discussion on the next version of MDT.

You can download the podcast directly from here:

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Enjoy!

Questions for the MDT team?

msdeployment — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:35:12 GMT

We are going to be featured on the Technet Radio podcast and we want to know what you would like us to talk about! Now is your chance to get your deployment questions answered or here us talk about a topic that you have always wondered about.

Feel free to leave your topics as comments or email us through the link.

Thanks!

TechNet Presents: MCS Talks Enterprise Architecture Session 6 – Desktop Deployment

msdeployment — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:43:28 GMT

Join consultants from Microsoft’s Consulting Services for the 6th session in the MCS Talks Infrastructure Architecture series. In this session we’ll discuss our approach to deploying a new desktop to an enterprise environment. We’ll discuss desktop deployment strategies and technologies including the importance of understanding your existing infrastructure and some of the options for auditing your current environment. We’ll also cover some important considerations for preparing your infrastructure for a desktop deployment, what technologies are available and how to best to implement them to support an enterprise deployment. Finally we’ll wrap up the session by having a brief look at the multitude of virtualization technologies and how they can be used to simplify and accelerate a deployment project.

How to upgrade to MDT 2008 Update 1: Lite Touch

msdeployment — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:56:00 GMT

We've received a number of questions over the past few days on the best way to upgrade from MDT 2008 to MDT 2008 Update 1 without losing any settings. The most common problem that has been seen is that the Deployment Points are no longer present after installing MDT 2008 Update 1. The following instructions will allow you to upgrade and maintain all of your existing settings:

1. Before installing MDT 2008 Update make a backup of the Deploy.XML file. The file is located by default in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Control

2. Install the MDT 2008 Update 1 MSI

3. Launch the Deployment Workbench and right click on Distribution Share and choose Create distribution share directory

4. A wizard will then be presented. Choose Upgrade an existing distribution share and type or browse to the path of your existing distribution share. Check the check box to Backup existing scripts and configuration files and click on Finish (the files will be backed up to the Distribution\Backup folder)

5. Close the Deployment Workbench and restore the Deploy.xml that was backed up earler to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Control, overwriting the existing file

6. Launch the Deployment Workbench, navigate to the Deployment Points and your Deployment Points should now be visible.

7. Right click on each Deployment Point and choose Update. This will update all of the Windows PE images with the correct version of the scripts

8. If you are using WDS, you will now need to replace your boot image in WDS with the updated Lite Touch WIM file

Why does the Deployment Workbench show version 4.1 after installing MDT 2008 Update 1?

msdeployment — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:09:00 GMT

We've received several questions over the past few days regarding the Help, About Microsoft Deployment Workbench showing 4.1 even after the upgrade to MDT 2008 Update 1:

The reason why the Help, About Microsoft Deployment Workbench shows Version 4.1 is due to caching that can occur with certain DLL's. In this case the value of the previous installation of that screen can be found here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\@C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin\Microsoft.BDD.WorkbenchResources.dll,-105

If you previously had MDT 2008 installed the value was cached in this location and unfortunately does not update properly after the installation of MDT 2008 Update 1.

So how do you determine if you have the correct version installed? The correct version of MDT 2008 Update 1 is 4.2.523.40. This can be found by going into Add/Remove Programs. You should see an entry like the following:

If the About window really bothers you, you can delete the registry entry mentioned above and it will then update with the correct version number. :)

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Update 1 is now Available

msdeployment — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:21:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the release of our first update to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 (MDT 2008). We have added two major features: OEM preload scenarios for Lite Touch Installation and Zero Touch Installation with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and a new management pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1. Minor updates include bug fixes and design changes to override driver platforms as well as the ability to inject all drivers into Windows PE.

Get MDT 2008 Update 1 and the new Quick Start Guides from the Download Center. All of the latest documentation can be found within updated and searchable help files. However, if you would like a full collection of the Word documents, download it here.

Add these great deployment blogs to your list of resources: these experts are always sharing their latest knowledge around deployment. MS Deployment, Deployment Guys, Michael Niehaus

The reference computer does not start Windows PE when you try to perform an image capture operation of a non-U.S. English version of a Windows operating system

msdeployment — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:28:00 GMT

That is a really long title to a recent KB article that has been posted about an issue with MDT 2008. You can get the full details here: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952573

Note the Applies To section should state Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008.

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 Source Code Released

msdeployment — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:05:00 GMT

Source Code for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 has been released

We have released Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 (build number 4.1.523.0) source code for customers and partners who want to make modifications, enhancements, or bug fixes to MDT’s components. Source Code is current as of the March 2008 release of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.

Source code for MDT 2008 can be downloaded from Microsoft download center: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=117775