Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings
Windows Media Player 11 and Windows Mobile 6: trying to sync with a storage card
One of my Christmas presents was a 2GB microSD card for my T-Mobile Wing phone (a very nice Windows...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 01/20/2008
Microsoft Deployment, ConfigMgr, Boot Media, Unknown Computers, Web Services
Did you ever read the title for a blog entry and have no idea what the posting is about? Well, this...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 01/19/2008
Deploying Office 2003 with Microsoft Deployment
I've heard several people ask how to deploy Office 2003 using Microsoft Deployment, as they have...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 01/18/2008
New Year's Resolution
Yes, it's already past the middle of January, which means I'm already slacking on one of my New...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 01/17/2008
"Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute"
If you have created your own custom Windows Vista image (WIM file) and tried to use it with BDD...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 11/28/2007
Internet Explorer behavior change
I guess I'm a little out of touch: I had noticed the "Click to activate" behavior in...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 11/26/2007
How do you add Windows Live Messenger presence to your blog or web page?
Several people asked me how to do that, based on the Windows Live Messenger integrated into my blog...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 11/12/2007
Microsoft Deployment released, now I need to catch up on e-mail
It's the typical Microsoft release cycle: lots of last-minute work to be done, lots of nights with...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 11/12/2007
TechEd: IT Forum underway
The conference has officially begun in Barcelona, with over 5,000 IT pros, Microsoft employees, and...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 11/12/2007
So many TechEd conferences
For those of you in the USA, you are probably thinking that there is just one TechEd conference, a...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 11/07/2007
Windows Live Messenger integrated into my blog
There are some things about Windows Live Messenger that are really cool. See the "News" information...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 11/07/2007
D4B3 New Feature: Improved disk partitioning
For Lite Touch deployments, we can now create multiple partitions, or even prepare multiple disks....
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 09/19/2007
D4B3 New Feature: Calling web services
BDD has always supported rules processing via CustomSettings.ini, where values from the local...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 09/19/2007
D4B3 New Feature: Multiple task sequence templates
First, let me mention a design change: In Deployment 4, there are no longer any "builds" in the...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 09/18/2007
D4B3 New Feature: Windows Update integration
Another new script has been added into the Lite Touch and SMS 2003 task sequence templates. This...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 09/18/2007
D4B3 New Feature: More USMT automation
A new script has been added to the standard client task sequence template in Deployment 4 Beta 3....
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 09/18/2007
Deployment 4 Beta 3 now available
I know it's kind of old news by now, but if you've missed the various blog entries, e-mails, and...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 09/18/2007
New Tafiti web site
Microsoft Research has created a new Live Search front end that uses Silverlight. Imagine that, a...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 08/21/2007
BDD 2007 Patch 1 Source Code Released
It took a while to get around to it, but we finally got it posted. You can download the MSI...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 08/15/2007
New Microsoft Update Catalog web site available
See the blog posting at...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 08/15/2007
Can I deploy Windows Vista Ultimate with BDD 2007?
Yes, you can. However, because there is no volume license version of Windows Vista Ultimate, you...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 08/10/2007
Conference Recordings Available Online
Interesting in viewing some of the sessions presented at the largest Microsoft conferences held...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 08/06/2007
Windows Server 2008 Launch Date Announced at WPC 2007 in Denver
Kevin Turner (Microsoft's COO) announced during his keynote session at the Worldwide Partner...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 07/12/2007
One more BDD 2007 Patch 1 installation suggestion
If you have manually moved the distribution share since you installed BDD 2007, updating the...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 06/22/2007
Another new BDD patch?
No, just kidding :-) But for those of you who closely watch every new download from the Microsoft...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 06/22/2007
BDD 2007 Patch 1 knowledge base article and patch now available
Check out https://support.microsoft.com/?id=937191 for the list of fixes included in BDD 2007 Patch...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 06/15/2007
Beginning another TechEd conference
It's been a number of years since I've been in Orlando for a Microsoft conference, having gone to...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 06/04/2007
Good suggestion for those using SMS 2003 OSD
See Ben's suggestion in his blog. It's really simple to do and will definitely speed things along.
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 05/15/2007
BDD 2007 and PowerShell
I've hinted several times that it is possible to use PowerShell to interact with BDD 2007, basically...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 04/21/2007
BDD 2007 Source Code Available
The source code for the BDD 2007 Deployment Workbench and various utility programs (written in C#...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 04/13/2007
A discussion about Wake-on-LAN
Did you know that System Center Configuration Manager 2007 will include support for Wake-on-LAN? See...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 03/23/2007
Tips for Integrating USMT 3.0 into BDD 2007
First, some background information. We use the User State Migration Tool 3.0 as part of the user...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 03/21/2007
Adding custom tasks to BDD 2007 task sequences
In BDD 2007, we provide a task sequence that is preconfigured to do all of the activities needed to...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 03/07/2007
BDD 2007 Overview Demo
A new BDD 2007 overview demo was posted to the web today, available at...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 03/07/2007
BDD 2007 Released
See Manu Namboodiri's announcement on the Windows Vista blog for the full details. For those of you...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 01/17/2007
BDD 2007 Release Candidate 1 Now Available
Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is now available for download on...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 12/09/2006
TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona
It's the first major conference since the release of Windows Vista and the 2007 Office System, so it...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 11/11/2006
Counting down the days to Windows Vista
Soon enough, it will be here. Are you prepared? If you want to read more about Windows Vista, check...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 10/27/2006
TechNet webcast on Friday, September 29
Interested in deploying Windows Vista or the 2007 Office system? You can listen and watch my TechNet...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 09/29/2006
BDD 2007 Beta 2 has been released
We've been busy adding capabilities into BDD 2007 Beta 2, now available for download. See the full...
Author: Michael Niehaus Date: 09/14/2006