Useful deployment links

As we were going through our TechEd North America deployment pre-conference today, we showed a lot of links for pages of interest.  Here is a list of those (at least the ones I remembered):

• Windows 8.1 deployment all-up
  • https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hh974336
  • https://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2014/04/21/windows-8-1-deployment-labs-now-available.aspx
  • https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/windows-8-1-deployment-jump-start
• Windows 8.1 Update
  • https://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2014/04/02/stay-up-to-date-with-enterprise-mode-for-internet-explorer-11.aspx
  • https://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2014/04/13/experimenting-with-wimboot-using-mdt-2013.aspx
  • https://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2014/04/02/windows-8-1-update-important-refinements-to-the-windows-experience.aspx
  • https://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2013/10/18/windows-8-1-update-the-it-pro-perspective.aspx
  • https://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2014/04/03/windows-8-1-sideloading-enhancements.aspx
  • https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2919355
• Dynamic deployment
  • https://deploymentbunny.com/2012/04/21/back-to-basic-customsettings-ini-explained/https://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/09/10/using-and-extending-model-aliases-for-hardware-specific-application-installation.aspx
  • https://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2012/06/27/encoding-sensitive-information-in-customsettings-ini-and-bootstrap-ini.aspx
  • https://mdtcustomizations.codeplex.com/
• Driver management
  • https://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2013/09/16/grabbing-out-of-box-drivers-from-a-windows-8-system.aspx
  • https://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2010/04/29/configmgr-2007-driver-management-the-novel-part-1.aspx
  • https://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2010/04/29/configmgr-2007-driver-management-the-novel-part-2.aspx
• MDT and ConfigMgr issues
  • https://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/76/Uber-tips-for-the-MDT-2012-Update-1-Task-Sequence-template-for-SCCM-2012-SP1.aspx
  • https://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research/tabid/62/EntryId/76/Uber-tips-for-the-MDT-2012-Update-1-Task-Sequence-template-for-SCCM-2012-SP1.aspx
  • https://keithga.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/osdpreservedriveletter/
• Image Factory
  • https://deploymentbunny.com/2014/01/06/powershell-is-king-building-a-reference-image-factory/
• PowerShell
  • https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/ScriptCenter
  • https://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy
  • https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/getting-started-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start

If I missed any, or if there are any follow-up questions from the day, please add them to the comments for this blog, e-mail me at mniehaus@microsoft.com, or ping any of us via Twitter:  @mniehaus, @benhunter, or @mikael_nystrom.  Also, be sure to look for the session slides on https://deploymentbunny.com.

For those of you who put up with us all day, thanks.

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 12, 2014
  Pingback from TechEd NA 2014 – PRC06 Deploying and Managing Windows in the Real World – Slides « The Deployment Bunny
• Anonymous
  August 15, 2014
  Microsoft lanz� el Windows 8.1 Update 1
  en Abril de este a�o, en donde se vieron las mejoras de este sistema
  hasta el momento. Ahora, Microsoft anunciar� mejoras en periodos m�s
  cortos, por lo que los rumores y especulaciones del Update 2 se
  cancelan