Session 1: System Center Configuration Manager 2012: Application Lifecycle Management
Speaker: Ronni Pedersen, Configuration Manager MVP
Download slides here.
Session 2: System Center Configuration Manager 2012: Migration from ConfigMgr 2007
Speaker: Kent Agerlund, Configuration Manager MVP
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Session 3: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
Speaker: Brian Lauge, Microsoft Denmark
Download slides here.
Session 4: AVIcode & Opalis: A Microsoft Subsidiary
Speakers: Jakob G. Svendsen & Kåre Rude Andersen
Download slide here.
Enjoy,
Lets say you need to change/rename the volume name of the C: drive to the computername, as part of your OS deployment Task Sequence. This script will help you do that:
strComputer = "."
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colDrives = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk where DeviceID = 'C:'")
For Each objDrive in colDrives
objDrive.VolumeName = WshNetwork.ComputerName
objDrive.Put_
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Awesome! I’ve been selected to participate in Tech·Ed North America 2011 as a Microsoft Product Expert in the Technical Learning Center (TLC).
This is is my 3th TechEd where I get the chance to staff as a Microsoft Product Expert (Ask the Experts) in the Configuration Manager booth. I’m really looking forward to get the chance to talk to customers and show them all the great features in Configuration Manager 2012.
So if you get the time, please drop by the Configuration Manager booth, and talk to us.
See you in Atlanta!
If you need to deploy Internet Explorer 9 using the Configuration Manager OSD Task Sequence, this is the command line that you should use:
ie9_package.exe /quiet /norestart /update-no
You should use the /update-no command-line option to prevent the Internet Explorer 9 package from checking for updates. If you do not use the /update-no command-line option, the Internet Explorer 9 package will require an Internet connection during installation.
To uninstall Internet Explorer 9.0 (unattended), run this command twice from an command prompt (cmd.exe) with admin rights:
FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*9.*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:@fname /norestart"
this removes the IE9 with the help of the command line. Credits go to Nadine K. (German MS Support Engineer).
All versions of Internet Explorer 9 can be downloaded here:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-9/worldwide-languages
Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, the next version of Forefront Client Security, is now RTM. Download is expected be available from the volume License site (VLCS) on December 29th.
Forefront Endpoint Protection builds on System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and R3, allowing customers to use their existing client management infrastructure to deploy and maintain endpoint protection.
Learn more.
December 10, 2010
Each day in December, you can test your knowledge in a daily quiz for Danish IT Professionals, and I’ve got the honor to host today’s question. The quiz does not start until it has been publicly announced by Bjarne, so no need to start sending mails until it’s been announced…
If you think you know the answer, send it to ronni.pedersen@eg.dk, after Bjarne Dollerup has announced the question on his Blog or on Twitter (@ bdollerup).
The first to send the correct answer will win one of the great prizes sponsored by Microsoft TechNet Denmark, so don’t forget to let us know how to get in touch with you, and where we should send the prize if you are todays winner…
Today’s question is about Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and with a little help from Google Bing.com, most of you guys, should be able to answer this question… 
Today’s Question:
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Update 1 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application deployment.
A new User-Driven Installation (UDI) deployment method that utilizes System Center Configuration Manager was added in this latest release of the product. UDI lets end users initiate and customize an OS deployment on their PCs, via an easy-to-use wizard. What was the codename of this User Driven Installation feature during the beta?
Merry Christmas…
With the release of Acrobat and Reader X, managing updates and patches is easy. Adobe will soon supply a System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) catalog so that administrators may more easily deploy and manage Acrobat and Reader X clients across the enterprise.
Read the full story here.
Read SCCM-SCUP Deployments in the Enterprise Administration for the Acrobat Family of Products document for more details.
Looking to get a head start on System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (aka Configuration Manager v.Next)? If so then you’ll be happy to know that nominations for the ConfigMgr 2012 Beta 2 Technology Adoption Program (TAP) are now open.
You can find the nomination for the ConfigMgr 2012 Beta 2 TAP here.
Read the full story here.
If you wish to deploy Windows 7 32-bit using Configuration Manager, and you need to enable AERO during deployment, you needs to add a “Run Command Line” step to the Task Sequence with the following command:
WinSAT.exe formal
If you do the same while deploying Windows 7 64-bit, the step will fail. The is due to the File System Redirector, and the fact that the Tack Sequence is running in 32-bit context.
To workaround this minor issue, make sure that you select Disable 64-bit file system redirection, on this step.
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (Beta 2) has a new cool feature where you can “View Relation Ship” on a specific Application. This will automatically build a Visio drawing that documents all the dependencies that the application has. This is really great new for all the admins out there that don’t have the required time to create the necessary documentation for all their application.
