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[MDT] Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 - Now in Beta Release!

I saw this over on the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Team Blog so thought I’d share it here: “ Deploy Windows 7 and Office 2010 quickly and reliably—while boosting user satisfaction. If you’re making the move to Windows 7 and Office 2010, you need tools...

[Deployment] New Book from Setup & Deployment MVPs Johan Arwidmark & Mikael Nystrom

Well I’m pleased to be able to blog about the availability of the first book relating to Windows Deployment using MDT 2010 Lite Touch and WDS written by WMUG’s good friends Johan Arwidmark and Mikael Nystrom. The book is called “ Deployment Fundamentals...

[TrainCert] Just passed the MDT Exam – 70-635

To help beef up my deployment skills and demonstrate to the outside world I know the difference between LiteTouch and ZeroTouch and all of the supported technologies/ scenarios, I decided to have a go at the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Exam 70...

[ConfigMgr] New TrueSec Deploying Windows 7 using MDT 2010 and SCCM 2007 SP2 Course

My good friend and fellow MVP Johan Arwidmark is coming back to the UK on the 19th May to present Truesec’s new Deploying Windows 7 using MDT 2010 and SCCM 2007 SP2 Course. Having seen Johan present many times I’m sure this will be a very lively and educational...

[Events] Free MMS Convention Pass for the price of an email

If you’d like to go to MMS but the price of the Summit pass is beyond you don’t worry as someone is going to win a free pass. How do you enter this free competition? Easy just send an email as detailed below: Secure Vantage Technologies (SVT) is pleased...

[MMS] New MMS 2010 Schedule Planner Available

From the MMS 2010 News page: A new download is available on the MMS 2010 site to help schedule your time at MMS 2010. The document provides a session listing grouped by timeslot, with a list of the topics being presented in that slot. To plan your schedule...

[MDT] HealthcareMDT2010 Download now available – Includes SMS Trace x64

The HealthcareMDT2010 is now available for download which includes the x64 version of SMS Trace (many thanks for the heads up on this one from my good friend Johan Arwidmark in his post on this). Details and link below: Overview Healthcare MDT 2010 is...

[MDT] MDT Web FrontEnd - How To create custom Lists to select from pre-defined values for a setting

From Maik Koster’s blog: In the Last Post I showed you, how you can easily create a custom Setting in the MDT Database and use it in your custom scripts. In the example shown we added a custom Setting called “ CollectionID ” to the Database to enable...
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[MDT] Jeremy Moskowitz on the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

From TechNet Edge : Recently, the SPECOPS Software roadshow "Changes, Challenges and Choices When rolling out Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7" made its way to the Microsoft Alpharetta office in the US. The featured speaker was Jeremy Moskowitz...
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[MDT] Version 1.0 of the MDT Web FrontEnd released

Congratulations to Maik Koster on the release of V1.0 of his MDT FrontEnd: Finally it’s done! I’m very happy to announce the release of version 1.0 of the MDT Web FrontEnd . It took a bit longer than expected since the last Beta from November 2009 but...
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[MS Office] TechNet Radio: Selecting an Enterprise Deployment Method for Office

From TechNet Edge : The Office Deployment Expert has returned! And in this episode, Patrick Whitington from Migrate, LLC examines some of the more common ways Office 2007 can be installed within an Enterprise environment.  From Traditional Group...

[Windows 7] Deploying Windows 7

From TechNet Edge : In the previous posts we discussed the path to deploying Windows 7 , including application compatibility and image creation. In this post we’ll discuss the methods for deploying Windows 7 to clients. First, let me explain the terms...
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[MDT] New FAQShop Article 15th Jan 2010

Why are items like mapped drives and network printers not migrated using MDT 2010 and USMT 4.0? [15/01/10] Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS] If you're attempting to backup items like mapped drivers and network printers using MDT 2010...
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[MS KBs] KB977565: Network drives and network printers are not migrated when you use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010…

Full Title: Network drives and network printers are not migrated when you use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 with the User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 SYMPTOMS You back up the user state on a client computer by using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit...

[MDT] Mitch Garvis Gets Us Deployed with MDT 2010!

Saw this (courtesy of Michael Niehaus), over on the RunAs Radio site: “Richard and Greg talk to Mitch Garvis about the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010. MDT 2010 helps you manage your installs of operating systems, drivers, applications and more. You...
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