Microsoft Office 365 Click-to-Run (2016) was releases earlier this month, so I thought it was time to release a new and updated version of my previous guide for Office 2013. The previous version has been downloaded more than 35.000 times from Microsoft Technet. Thank you! The previous guide for Office 2013 can still be downloaded from Microsoft TechNet here: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-0f954e7f Moving on with the new Office 365/2016 edition, I’ve asked my colleague and deployment specialist Hans Chr. Andersen to help me write this new guide, so we could cover more deployment scenarios, and get them out faster. We have a…
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.
Update: Before you read this post, check out my new guide on TechNet right here: https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/How-to-Deploying-Office-e9f296fb Today Microsoft has released the Office 2016 Deployment Tool. This Tool allows administrators to customize and manage Office 2016 Click-to-Run deployments. It will also help administrators to manage installations sources, product/language combinations, and deployment configuration options for Office Click-to-Run. The tool can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49117&WT Prepareing and Deploying Office 2016 After downloading and extracting the Deployment Tool, we need to create a download.xml that is used to download or update the installation source with the latest version of Office 365 Pro Plus (2016).…
Microsoft recently Announced a new upcoming event, for everyone working with Office 365, Mobility, Microsoft Azure and Windows 10. The event is a FREE, two-day technical training event for IT Professionals and Developers, that provides best practices and insight from those who run cloud services across Office 365, Micros oft Azure, and Windows 10. Microsoft is bringing top engineers from Redmond to cities around the world. They’ll share expert tips and techniques, with over 80 technical training sessions covering: Productivity Security Networking Big data Storage Unified communications Identity Web Mobile Collaboration Hybrid Cloud Containers Devops Open source Management Internet of…
Last week I had the pleasure of doing a joined presentation with Jens Ole Kragh about Windows as a Service (Windows 10) at the System Center User Group Meeting in Copenhagen. The session covered some of the things that should be conciddered if you want to implement Windows 10 in your Enterprise. Our Slidedeck is now available on SlideShare: SCUG.DK – Windows as a Service – September 2015 from Ronni Pedersen Should you have any questions regarding deployment Windows 10, don’t hesitate to contact me. Slides from all the SCUG.DK sessions can be found here: http://www.scug.dk/2015/09/08/slides-from-the-september-2015-user-group-meeting/ And here on Microsoft Docs:…
If you upgrade to MDT 2013 Update 1 and then create a new MDT Boot Image in SCCM, you will learn that the WinPE-MDAC component are not added to the boot image as expected. By default the WinPE-MDAC component are selected in the wizard, but if you check the Optional Components tab of the boot image, you’ll see that the WinPE-MDAC is missing. The wizard showing that WinPE-MDAC will be added: Properties after the Boot Images was created (WinPE-MDAC is missing): The fix is pretty simple. Just add the WinPE-MDAC component, and update the boot image. Now everything looks…
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 1 is now available on the Microsoft Download Center. Significant changes in MDT 2013 Update 1: Support for the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10 Support for deployment and upgrade of Windows 10 Support for integration with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 with the Windows 10 ADK (see this post on the Configuration Manager Team blog for more information on using the Windows 10 ADK with Configuration Manager) Detailed list of some specific changes in this release: Support for new Enterprise LTSB and Education editions of Windows 10…
When creating SCCM driver packages I always (99%) use WMI queries to select the correct driver package to be installed. Often I perform these tasks remotely without visiting the customer. The main reason for this blog post is to provide a list of useful commands that the customer can execute on the computer to get the WMI query I need. Depending on the hardware vendor you might want to use different commands, but these commands should provide most of the information you need. Here is the computer information that where returned by running the commands on my computer: wmic csproduct…
Microsoft has released Windows 10, and all over this little blue planet we call earth, Administrators are starting to deploy Windows 10. Microsoft has now released a complete set of Administrative Template (.admx) files for Windows 10: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48257 If you want to learn more about Windows 10 deployment check out these links: Getting Started with Windows 10 for IT Professionals Windows 10 on Channel 9 /Enjoy. +Ronni Pedersen
Like many of my peers, I often watch a good movie! The last few years, lots of new streaming services and online purchase options has made it much easier for consumers when they want to rent or buy a new movie online. Until now, I have been super happy with Apples services and especially with the Apple TV and the iPad that love to use while traveling. However, with Microsoft Windows 10 and some of the great updates coming to “XBOX ONE” later this year, I thought it might be a good time to see if the services from Microsoft…
Today I received an e-mail from Microsoft and I am delighted to share that I have been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) 2015 for the eight consecutive year. I am honored to receive this award again and I appreciate everyone that reads my blog, watch me speaking, attend my training and keeps up with me on twitter (@ronnipedersen). I will strive to keep contributing to the community and hope that my contributions helps you out in some way. I would like to thank everyone of you who have supported me in any form especially my colleagues, members of the…