A customer asked me if it is possible to increase the timeout that is associated with the error message shown during OSD with Configuration Manager or MDT. This is of course possible. First, you can do this with Collection variables in ConfigMgr, but there is a solution that works in...
A little over a month ago (May 19th 2014) my friend Mikael Nyström wrote a blog article with an attached script that allowed you to capture a WIM / reference image using DISM instead of ImageX that MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) normally does. Making the switch improves capture time by...
Some time ago I developed a Modern App for Windows (Windows 8 App). I named in MDT Deployment Monitor and that is just what it does – it monitors MDT Deployments using the Monitoring feature in the MDT Workbench. Recently I’ve updated the code and made it Windows 8.1 compatible...
A customer of mine asked how they could change the background image that is shown during OSD but keep the cool “Step Indicator”. It just happens to be that the “Step Indicator” to the upper right is part of the background image, so it is quite easy to change the...
When you do OS deployment one crucial thing is to always know where your data is and what you can format with peace at mind. One of my customers had a bit of a problem when they were about to deploy new server with Windows Server 2012. Two new Task...
Some days ago I help a customer out with an odd problem. When they worked on getting a new hardware model working in their Configuration Manager environment the deployment failed for no apparent reason just before it should be done. One thing that hit us right before we were about...
I’m positive that you’ve read or heard the phrase that you always should have at least two Domain Controllers in any Active Directory Domain. That might not be true in a lab environment but some times you might want or need that. In my case I prefer to have that...
A good Saturday always has a portion of time over for some scripting. At least if you ask me. Currently I’m working on a new version of my Hydration Kit. By looking at the picture I bet you can guess what new feature I’m working to get in place. While...
I have the very happy news that the next version of Infoworks.TV Hydration Kit is done. This time it is with the RTM version of System Center 2012 SP1 products SCCM, SCOM, SCSM and Orchestrator. And if that wasn’t enough… Exchange 2013 is also included! But any product you don’t...
After a dozen of emails back and forth with the testers at Microsoft I finally got my first Windows Phone 8 app into the store. It wasn’t hard at all to convert the app from Windows 8 Store App to a Windows Phone 8 format but for some reason the...
During the last couple of weeks I’ve been quite busy on my latest two projects. First out in the Windows 8 App Store after certification is “MDT Deployment Monitor”. It’s a Windows 8 App that connects to a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Deployment Share that has the Monitoring feature activated. You...
Yesterday I got a question about a problem when deploying Office 2013. When running the command found at a Microsoft TechNet article on how to create answer files for Microsoft Office 2013 in order to install it silently using MDT the got an error. What was done in order to...
Some time ago I got inspiration to create a Hydration Kit (thanks to my college Johan Arwidmark at Deployment Research). However not for ConfigMgr as he did but rather the whole System Center 2012 suite. I know the System Center Universal Installer does exist but it leaves some… whishes… unanswered...