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16 09
Updated 14/11-2015 1. Install ConfigMgr 2012 SP2/R2 SP1 First of all you need to Install 2012 SP2/R2 SP1 in order to get support for deploying Windows 10 from ConfigMgr 2. Install Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for ConfigMgr 2012 SP2 and ConfigMgr 2012 R2 SP1 The CU2 fixes various bugs in SP2/R2 CU1 and should […]
2 08
Earlier today I created a Build and Capture task sequence for Windows 10 and as part of that process I chose all Windows 10 categories in my Software Update Point (as seen below) and started the synchronization and waited for it to finish. When it was done I checked for the following Software Updates in […]
1 08
The Microsoft Official Courses (MOC) for Windows 10 is currently in development and is scheduled to be released in Q4 2015. 20697-1 A Installing and Configuring Windows 10 (5 days) 20697-2 A Deploying and Managing Windows 10 Using Enterprise Services (5 days) The 20697-1 and 20697-2 cources are scheduled to be released the 28. October […]
23 10
Quite often I have the need for an e-mail server when doing demos, PoCs and general testing in regards to i. e: The report subscription feature in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager The alert subscription feature in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager Even though we could use an existing mail server, this normally […]
2 10
The System Center Technical preview can either be downloaded from MSDN or from here. Please note that the Technical Preview for Configuration Manager is NOT available yet and that AppController has been removed from the System Center family and that the Azure Pack should be used instead for Self-service. You can read more here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn806370.aspx
1 10
The Windows 10 Preview is now available for download at MSDN or here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview If you prefer to use the Enterprise Edition you should get it from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-technical-preview-for-enterprise or http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dn783436 You can download the 10-page Windows 10 Preview guide here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/download/presskits/windows/docs/windowstechnicalpreviewqg.pdf You can download the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 Preview here: […]
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As you might know Window Server Technical Preview is now available for download in MSDN or you can create a virtual machine in Azure running the Windows Server Technical Preview. You can find an overview of what´s new in the Windows Server Technical Preview here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn765472.aspx
6 08
If you are using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012 R2) to deploy operating systems you properly know that if you redeploy (refresh) a machine it will keep the name (hostname) it had before. But if you are deploying an operating system to a new machine (unknown) you have to do some work […]
11 07
The Microsoft Official Courses (MOC) for Private Cloud have been updated and renumbered to better align to the certification exams. The old versions of the courses were based on Windows Server 2008 R2 and System Center 2012 RTM: 10750A Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 10751A Configuring and Deploying a Private […]
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In System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr 2012 R2) you have the option of running PowerShell scripts natively in your task sequence. You can use these PowerShell scripts to do all kinds of wonderful things during your OS deployment but in order to do that you first need to enable PowerShell support in your […]