The Deployment Guys
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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