Posts tagged Windows 8

TS: Configuring Windows 8 (70-687)

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5 months ago
by Ronni Pedersen

I’m trying to get all my exams upgraded to Windows 8/Windows Server 2012, and today I passed the “Configuring Windows 8″ test (70-687).

Last month I passed the MCSA: Windows Server 2012 test, and my goal is to get the “70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure” before Christmas…

Status

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – Windows Server 2012

  • Exam 70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 (passed)

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – Windows 8

  • Exam 70-687: Configuring Windows 8 (passed)
  • Exam 70-688: Managing and Maintaining Windows 8 (not More >

Campus Days 2012 here we come…

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6 months ago
by Ronni Pedersen

My presentations and demos are now ready for Microsoft Campus Days 2012. The biggest events in Denmark for IT Pro’s. The event kicks off tomorrow, where 2200 attendees will join us to celebrate all the latest releases from Microsoft.

I’ve got a session on Application Management using ConfigMgr 2012 and Windows Server 2012. Learn how side-loading can help you manage your Windows 8 Apps, and how Deep-Links to the Windows Store, can be deployed using ConfigMgr 2012 SP1.

I also have a shared session with my colleague Jens Ole Kragh, with a customer case, where one of our customer has More >

MCSA: Windows Server 2012

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7 months ago
by Ronni Pedersen

Last Friday I passed the “Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012″ test (exam number 70-417). This test was a 3 part test, that covers the following 3 exams:

  • Exam 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
  • Exam 70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012
  • Exam 70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services

My score was 866.

So what’s next?

In the next 3-5 months I plan to complete the following 3 “tracks”:

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – Windows 8

  • Exam 70-687: Configuring Windows 8
  • Exam 70-688: Managing and Maintaining Windows 8

Microsoft Certified More >

System Center User Group Meeting – November 2012

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8 months ago
by Ronni Pedersen

Welcome to yet another meeting in the Danish System Center User Group. We are very excited to announce our next event and offer you the opportunity to come and meet with fellow System Center administrators and influencers.The main focus of this event, is the upcoming Service Pack 1 to the System Center Suite, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. During this event you can expect to see lots of live demos from most of the System Center 2012 suite.

Special guest speaker: Wally Mead

We will allow a maximum of 3 persons from the same organization. Reason for that; is that we wish to have as many More >

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1 released

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9 months ago
by Ronni Pedersen

Microsoft has released MDT 2012 Update 1, and supports now deployment of both Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.

Some of the key changes in MDT 2012 Update 1 are:

  • Added support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
  • Support for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CTP: Added support in MDT for deploying Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CTP, while supporting all new Configuration Manager functionality (offline BitLocker, UEFI, and Assessment and Deployment Kit).
  • Support for DaRT 8 Beta: Updated MDT to support DaRT 8 for Windows 8 deployments, More >

Windows 8 Enterprise: Product Activation

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9 months ago
by Ronni Pedersen

Windows 8 is finally released and many customers has started to test the latest release of Windows in their labs and production environments.

One of the first thing you’ll need to do, is to activate Windows 8. When you’re ready for mass deployment of Windows 8, you should always you KMS to activate Windows clients, but in the testing phase you might prefer to enter the product manually (use the MAK Key).

In this release you can’t use the standard GUI to enter the product key. You need to use the command line tool.

To activate Windows 8 Enterprise start the Command Prompt (run as More >

What’s New in System Center 2012 SP1 – Virtual Machine Manager

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1 year ago
by Ronni Pedersen

    Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) in the community technology preview (CTP) of System Center 2012 SP1 provides the following new features:

    • Network virtualization

    • VHDX support

    • Support for file shares that use the Server Message Block (SMB) 2.2 protocol

    • Live migration enhancements

    VMM in the CTP release of System Center 2012 SP1 provides support for the network virtualization capabilities available in Windows Server "8" Beta.

    Network virtualization provides the ability to run multiple virtual network infrastructures, potentially with overlapping IP addresses, on More >

    Save the Windows 8 BitLocker Recovery Key on SkyDrive

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    1 year ago
    by Ronni Pedersen

    I’ve been playing around with Windows 8 Beta today, and it’s amazing how well the OS integrates with Windows Live, SkyDrive and other cloud services.

    When I wanted to enable BitLocker it even recommended to save the recovery key to SkyDrive.

    Awesome. Looking forward to see the final release in a near future.

    SCUG.dk User Group Meeting: Session update

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    1 year ago
    by Ronni Pedersen

    The scheduled breakout session on “Deploying Windows 7 using MDT 2012 and ConfigMgr 2012” with Johan Arwidmark, wil be replaced with the following session:

    Title: Inside Windows 8 – Deployment Tools Update

    Abstract: What’s new in Windows 8 Deployment – Join Johan Arwidmark guiding you through the new features, including Windows 8 WDS, ADK, WinPE 4.0, Performance Assessment and much more.

    Speaker: Johan Arwidmark | Chief Technical Architect | Knowledge Factory

    System Center User Group Meeting – October 2011 More >

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