Michael Niehaus has a new post on how to create a fully patched image using MDT 2010 Lite Touch. Read the full post here. I’ve always been a fan of the thinnest image possible. Taking that to an extreme, that means using the original image straight off the Microsoft media. But over time if you did this you’d find that the time required to apply patches to that image becomes unmanageable. (Case in point: I started up a new laptop for the first time with an OEM-installed image that had hooks to require all patches be applied before first logon.…
Author: Ronni Pedersen
Ronni Pedersen
My name is Ronni Pedersen and I'm currently working as a Cloud Architect at APENTO in Denmark. My primary focus is Enterprise Client Management solutions, based on technologies like AzureAD, Intune, EMS and System Center Configuration Manager. I'm is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft MVP in Enterprise Mobility.
Friday the System Center User Group Denmark hosted a System Center focused event held in Copenhagen. The main goal for this event, was to show some of the most important news and updates from the Microsoft Management Summit 2011 in Las Vegas, to User Group Members that didn’t attend MMS. The event was very popular and we’ve received lots of great feedback. Around 65 user group members showed up for this full event day. PowerPoint slides from the event can be downloaded here, and all the pictures from the event are available on the link below. Thank you all again…
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 Download slides here. 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 & “rootcimv2”) Set colDrives = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ (“Select * from Win32_LogicalDisk where DeviceID = ‘C:'”) For Each objDrive in colDrives objDrive.VolumeName = WshNetwork.ComputerName objDrive.Put_ Enjoy +Ronni Pedersen Next
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!
It’s finally here… Brief Description Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows® 7 with SP1 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server® 2008, or Windows Server® 2003, from a remote computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows 7 with SP1. RSAT SP1 can be downloaded here.
Friday morning I’m leaving for the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas. This is one of the biggest Management events in world for for IT Pro’s. This year my main focus will be on Configuration Manager 2012 and Windows Intune. Hopefully I’ll also get time to see some of the great sessions about the next release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager. One of the great things about MMS is opportunity to meet with colleagues, customers, partners, fellow MVP’s and friends. If you want to have a chat, coffee or a beer during the event just give me a…
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%servicingPackages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-*9.*.mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package @fname && start /w…
Well, it’s not March 11th, but you can now download iOS 4.3 for you iPhone, iPad or iPod touch (most of them, anyway). That, of course, brings with it mobile hotspot functionality for iPhones, along with a variety of new AirPlay features, a new version of Safari, and a number of other more minor improvements (like an option to control how your iPad’s side switch behaves).
Microsoft said on Monday that it plans to introduce Windows Intune on March 23. The company plans to release a 30-day trial version in more than 35 countries on March 23. Intune is Microsoft’s cloud-based PC management solution for small, medium and large enterprises and businesses. “Windows Intune builds on our history of delivering cloud services at scale, including Hotmail and Windows Update, and leverages Microsoft’s cloud experience with Azure, Dynamics CRM Online and Office 365 to give our customers the best Windows experience possible by providing the tools IT professionals need to ensure their employees can be productive and…