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Optimising Windows 7 Images for use in VDI

One of our MCS deployment guys in the UK – Jonathan Bennett (you may know Jonathan as the author of...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 08/31/2010

Customising the MDT Task Sequence Editor

One of the things I like the most about MDT is the level that it can be customised; you can edit the...

Author: doxley Date: 08/26/2010

Automatically Populate the PATCH Property for the ConfigMgr 2007 Client Installation

29 Aug 2010 Update – I must apologize to all of you who attempted to use this as originally...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 08/13/2010

Using MDT and Custom Function Library Scripts as User Exit Scripts

A fellow Deployment Guy wanted to use some of the functions in ZTIDiskUtility.vbs in his own User...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 07/18/2010

Reading and Modifying INI Files with Scripts

The initialization or INI file format has been around a long time. In early versions of Windows...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 07/14/2010

MDT 2010 Update 1 – Now Available

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Update 1 has been released to the web.  You can find...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 07/07/2010

Using Command Shell Scripts with MDT

OK… I’ll admit it, I like to write Command Shell (CMD) scripts when I can. For me...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 07/07/2010

Microsoft Consulting Services (UK) is Hiring

Are you looking for your next career move? Do you want to work with customers and delivery partners...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 06/27/2010

MDT 2010 Update 1 Beta Released

The Solution Accelerators Team have released Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 Beta and...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 05/12/2010

Repeat of the Office 2010 OnRamp - Last Chance!

Following on from the 2 events I gave last month, I'll be repeating one more time the Office 2010...

Author: doxley Date: 05/05/2010

Windows Deployment Session Videos – UK Techdays 2010

I had the pleasure a couple of weeks ago to present at the UK Techdays 2010 in London – we had a...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 05/05/2010

Issues with CopyProfile and Windows 7 Wallpaper

Colleagues of mine in the UK hit a issue in a engagement when using MDT 2010 to create a Windows 7...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 04/28/2010

Exporting All SCCM Variables To A Log File For Debugging

[UPDATE] Please use the script in the following location -...

Author: doxley Date: 04/26/2010

Banish GUIDs from CustomSettings.ini in MDT

Another of my pet peeves about MDT CustomSettings.ini rules is that fact that you have to define...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 04/18/2010

Nesting MDT Roles

The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 allows you to define roles which can contain lists of...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 04/13/2010

Office 2010 OnRamp Event

Unless you are on holiday in Spain for the relevant dates, and you also want to break up your...

Author: doxley Date: 04/09/2010

SCCM Client Install Getting Stuck

Here is a simple tip that I thought I'd share in the hope that you don't need to lose a few hours of...

Author: doxley Date: 04/05/2010

USMT Failures Due To Bad Profile List Entries

Update 2010-05-07: Based on the feedback from James below (thanks James!) and similar feedback from...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 03/28/2010

MDT Debugger

edit: fixed error in command line example. Thanks to Aurélien Bonnin and FoW for pointing it...

Author: doxley Date: 03/22/2010

Adding Support for 802.1x to WinPE

Adding 802.1x functionality to WinPE has been a hot topic for a while now. And, given the amount of...

Author: doxley Date: 03/02/2010

Updated Driver INF Information Script

A few years ago I wrote an article for TechNet Magazine on how to Automate Device Driver Integration...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 02/19/2010

Using ConvertBooleanToString with ZTIGather.wsf in MDT 2010

Update 2010-07-08:  This issue has now been fixed in MDT 2010 Update 1.  You can now use...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 02/15/2010

New Command Line Utility to Manage NIC Protocol Bindings

27 Jan 2010 Update - The 32-bit version of this tool is now available as well. One task which has...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 01/25/2010

Configuring Regional and Language Settings Online in an MDT Task Sequence

Update 2015-02-27: I have updated the script. Read about the changes here:...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 01/20/2010

Added support for 802.1x in Windows PE

EDIT: This topic has now been blogged in detail here. Since the dawn of time, Windows PE (WinPE) has...

Author: doxley Date: 01/15/2010

Setting MDT Time Zone Variables from the Source OS Time Zone

15 Feb 2010 Update – To use technique found in this post with MDT 2010 you will need to use one of...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 01/11/2010

Windows 7 GodMode and Other Folder Shortcuts

So you may have seen a couple of blogs about an undocumented feature in Windows 7. This feature...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 01/08/2010

Happy Holidays - Windows 7 style

As the final installment in my Windows 7 holiday series, have a look at what is being left for Santa...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 12/24/2009

New Elevation PowerToys Blog

A while back I wrote two articles for TechNet Magazine describing a set of tools to work around a...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 12/21/2009

Where to find DevCon.exe

Update 2013-06-22: I recently deleted a comment by a reader who posted a link to the versions of...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 12/16/2009

Creating a SID Mapping File with Windows PowerShell

Before I became a “Deployment Guy”, I used to be an “Active Directory Guy” and worked on quite a few...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 12/14/2009

A Change in Line-Up

As some of you may have noticed, we have a new Deployment Guy, Samesh Singh. As you can see from...

Author: doxley Date: 12/11/2009

Awesome feature with a catch

Since I’m the newbie in the Deployment Guys, I thought I’d take a step back to Windows Vista to...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 12/09/2009

ConfigMgr Admin Console GUID documentor

ConfigMgr allows for great extensibility to perform right click actions. You can find information on...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 12/05/2009

Sysprep, Machine SIDs and Other Myths

In a recent blog post, Mark Russinovich wrote about the implications of having duplicate machine...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 12/03/2009

Preventing OEM builds from Accidentally Performing Mini-Setup without the Task Sequence

When you pre-load an OEM build on machines, they are usually set-up to perform Mini-setup as soon as...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 12/01/2009

Happy Thanksgiving – Windows 7 Style

Please enjoy this delicious Windows 7 treat baked by my lovely wife.  (Can’t wait to taste...

Author: Michael Murgolo Date: 11/25/2009

Windows 7 RTM Issue with Group Policy Enforced Wallpaper

I was asked by our Support folks to let you know about an issue that effects Windows 7 when you try...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 11/20/2009

Happy Halloween - Windows 7 style

Since my latest Windows 7 “project” turned out so well, I though I’d share it with you. Yes, I did...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 10/30/2009

Configuring Default User Settings – Full Update for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

I have written several posts on this topic before. However, changes were made to Windows 7 and...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 10/29/2009

Approving Windows Updates in an MDT 2010 Standalone Environment from a ConfigMgr Software Update Point

You’ve no doubt read some of the benefits around using the Software Update Point features of...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 10/21/2009

Essential Guide for Deploying Windows 7

There is a great eBook that has just been released on the Microsoft website that gives a good...

Author: doxley Date: 10/19/2009

Reporting on Office 2007 Customisation Settings

So I don’t know about you but I have a very distinct love hate relationship with the Office 2007...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 10/14/2009

How to configure BitLocker on additional drives in a MDT 2010 deployment.

MDT 2010 supports encrypting disks with BitLocker during deployment.  This is configured in the...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 10/09/2009

Making WinPE Wait for Network in LTI Deployments

In some environments, network device drivers and/or infrastructure take longer to load than WinPE...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 09/23/2009

Using Device Aliases for Hardware Specific Application Installation

15 Feb 2010 Update – To use techniques found in this post with MDT 2010 you will need to use one of...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 09/21/2009

Using and Extending Model Aliases for Hardware Specific Application Installation

Update 11 December 2009 – A few changes and additions inspired by the work being done by fellow MSC...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 09/10/2009

MDT 2010 is Released to the Web!

Yesterday the MDT team in Redmond released MDT2010 to the web for download. There is a blog posting...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 09/09/2009

Windows 7 WAIK and Custom Images

Working on customer site recently I was perplexed by why I could not create an unattend.xml file...

Author: DeploymentGuys Date: 08/27/2009

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