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Copying $OEM$ files and folders with MDT 2012 Update 1
I mentioned in the blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2012/07/21/mdt-2012-update-1-always-applying-images-with-imagex.aspx that MDT 2012 Update 1 no longer uses SETUP.EXE to...
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Speed up MDT task sequences in Configuration Manager
Here’s a quick suggestion for speeding up MDT-created task sequences in ConfigMgr 2007 or ConfigMgr 2012:Find your MDT toolkit files package source folder.In the “Scripts” folder inside that folder,...
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Automatically configuring the ConfigMgr console for MDT 2012
As part of the MDT installation process, you need to run the “Configure ConfgMgr Integration” wizard to add the MDT components into the ConfigMgr console and database. But what if you want to automate...
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Revisiting LTI deployment wizard application selection profiles
A few years back, I posted a blog at http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2010/06/11/selection-profiles-with-the-lite-touch-deployment-wizard.aspx describing how to modify the Lite Touch wizard...
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Troubleshooting Windows Deployments
I’ve been doing a session at various events over the years called “Troubleshooting Windows Deployments” or something similar to that. Today is the latest, presenting the session at TechEd New Zealand...
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Database changes in MDT 2012 and MDT 2012 Update 1
A few people have asked about the changes made in MDT 2012 and MDT 2012 Update 1 in regards to the MDT database. There aren’t that many changes, but here they are:MDT 2012 RTWRemoved obsolete...
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Grabbing out-of-box drivers from a Windows 8 system
It seems like a common request: I’ve got a brand new system, right out of the box from the OEM. It has all the drivers on it that are needed. So rather than find and download those same drivers from...
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Ensuring custom GPO packs are copied to linked deployment shares
It’s been a surprisingly common question in the past few weeks – how come MDT doesn’t copy custom GPO packs to linked deployment shares? Well, it’s been like that since support for GPO packs was added...
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MDT 2013: What’s changed?
I did a session at TechEd New Zealand a few weeks ago talking about what’s changed in MDT 2013. As part of that session, I put together a list of all the changes in the MDT 2013 release, comparing all...
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The ADK for Windows 8.1 has been updated
With the general availability of Windows 8.1, a new update to the Assessment and Deployment Kit for Windows 8.1 has been posted to the Microsoft Download Center. See...
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MDT 2012 Update 1: UDI “Build Your Own Pages”
One of the challenges with previous versions of the UDI wizard was extensibility. With MDT 2010 Update 1, there was no way to add a new page. With MDT 2012, you could do this by writing C++ and C#...
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MDT 2012 Update 1 is coming soon!
You probably noticed that Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 RTM’d today (see http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/08/01/windows-8-has-reached-the-rtm-milestone.aspx and...
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One journey ends, another begins
A long time ago, I worked in corporate IT. One day I started looking for new challenges and interviewed with Microsoft for a job in Microsoft Consulting Services, helping customers with their Windows...
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Displaying the task sequence name
I was talking to some people yesterday at the TechMentor conference in Redmond and about MDT, and somehow during the conversation I got a mental image of the task sequence progress dialog that I...
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Copying $OEM$ files and folders with MDT 2012 Update 1
I mentioned in the blog post at http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2012/07/21/mdt-2012-update-1-always-applying-images-with-imagex.aspx that MDT 2012 Update 1 no longer uses SETUP.EXE to...
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Speed up MDT task sequences in Configuration Manager
Here’s a quick suggestion for speeding up MDT-created task sequences in ConfigMgr 2007 or ConfigMgr 2012:Find your MDT toolkit files package source folder.In the “Scripts” folder inside that folder,...
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Automatically configuring the ConfigMgr console for MDT 2012
As part of the MDT installation process, you need to run the “Configure ConfgMgr Integration” wizard to add the MDT components into the ConfigMgr console and database. But what if you want to automate...
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Revisiting LTI deployment wizard application selection profiles
A few years back, I posted a blog at http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2010/06/11/selection-profiles-with-the-lite-touch-deployment-wizard.aspx describing how to modify the Lite Touch wizard...
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Troubleshooting Windows Deployments
I’ve been doing a session at various events over the years called “Troubleshooting Windows Deployments” or something similar to that. Today is the latest, presenting the session at TechEd New Zealand...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Database changes in MDT 2012 and MDT 2012 Update 1
A few people have asked about the changes made in MDT 2012 and MDT 2012 Update 1 in regards to the MDT database. There aren’t that many changes, but here they are:MDT 2012 RTWRemoved obsolete...
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