Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/feed.xml Premier Field Engineer/Microsoft Dedicated Support Engineering Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:57:32 GMT en-US hourly 1 OSD Video Tutorial: Part 21 – Troubleshooting https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-21-troubleshooting Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:57:32 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2925 This is part twenty-one of a series discussing the Operating System Deployment feature of Configuration Manager.  This session is titled troubleshooting but focuses on options to enable troubleshooting scenarios versus specifically tracking imaging activity in the logs.  Topics include the phases of imaging and log movement between phases, configuring task sequences to support troubleshooting, enabling logging options in the various phases of imaging and more.

]]> OSD Video Tutorial: Part 20 – Automating and Custom OSD https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-20-automating-and-custom-osd Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:56:35 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2915 This is part twenty of a series discussing the Operating System Deployment feature of Configuration Manager.  This session is a discussion of automation and the deep level customization that can introduce truly compelling imaging scenarios.  Specific scenarios include the interface between task sequencing and Orchestrator, discussion of Imaging as a Service and customizing how task sequence activities take place versus simply using default task sequence items and more.

]]> OSD Video Tutorial: Part 19 – DaRT2 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-19-dart2 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 01:47:49 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2905 This is part nineteen of a series discussing the Operating System Deployment feature of Configuration Manager.  This session is a discussion of DaRT, what it is and how it can be deployed using standard OSD imaging techniques.  In addition, a demonstration is presented that shows how the DaRT binaries can be used in the Configuration Manager Windows PE boot media to facilitate remote control during the Windows PE phase of imaging.

]]> OSD Video Tutorial: Part 18 – Advanced Scenarios 2 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-18-advanced-scenarios-2 Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:40:52 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2895 This is part eighteen of a series discussing the Operating System Deployment feature of Configuration Manager. This session focuses on a few topics that don't each require a full session. The specific discussion includes setup and use of Multicast, ConfigMgr and Windows to Go, OSD and User Device Affinity and more.

]]> OSD Video Tutorial: Part 17 – OSD and Custom Boot Images – Process and Strategy https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-17-osd-and-custom-boot-images-process-and-strategy Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:38:33 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2885 This is part seventeen of a series discussing the Operating System Deployment feature of Configuration Manager. This session focuses on boot images in the imaging process. Demonstrations show how Configuration Manager uses and customizes the boot image and how boot images are embedded in boot media. The discussion also details scenarios and support for down level boot images.

]]> OSD Video Tutorial: Part 16 – BIOS or UEFI https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-16-bios-or-uefi Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:15:06 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2875 This is part sixteen of a series discussing the Operating System Deployment feature of Configuration Manager.  This session is a discussion of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems and how Configuration Manager OSD can deliver images to systems running in UEFI mode.  The discussion also includes the challenges of using Pre-staged media with UEFI systems.

]]> OSD Video Tutorial: Part 15 – Advanced Concepts https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-15-advanced-concepts Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:13:49 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2865 Still with us? We’ve journeyed through the introductory and deeper dive OSD sessions and now we are pulling it together with the tutorials in the Advanced OSD section. Today’s tutorial is part fifteen of a series discussing the Operating System Deployment feature of Configuration Manager. In it, we cover a variety of advanced topics and builds on various sessions already presented. Topics include configuring and using prestart commands and engineering a task sequence for speed.

]]> System Center Updates Publisher Video Tutorial https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/system-center-updates-publisher-video-tutorial Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:10:56 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2855 An update to System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) was released in March 2018 and thought now would be a good opportunity to add a video tutorial for SCUP.

This video is part a series focusing on software updates in Configuration Manager current branch. This session focuses specifically on System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP).  The session covers understanding and configuring SCUP, working with SCUP and integrating SCUP into and using SCUP in a Configuration Manager environment.

]]> OSD Video Tutorial: Part 14 – Pre-staged Media https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-14-pre-staged-media Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:08:37 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2845 This session is part fourteen of an ongoing series focusing on Operating System Deployment in Configuration Manager. In it, we discuss the pre-staged media option for image deployment. The discussion includes a description of pre-staged media, the scenarios solved by pre-staged media and a demonstration of configuring and using pre-staged media.

]]> OSD Video Tutorial: Part 13 – to be Known or to be Unknown – that is the question https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/steverac/osd-video-tutorial-part-13-to-be-known-or-to-be-unknown-that-is-the-question Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:06:56 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/steverac/?p=2835 This session is part thirteen of an ongoing series focusing on Operating System Deployment in Configuration Manager. We discuss the concept of Known and Unknown computer imaging and provides demonstrations and detailed discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

]]>