Within a couple of weeks, I have the honor to speak at the Microsoft TechNet TechTalk event in Copenhagen. The main focus of this event, is to provide a technical update, on the latest version of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 and new features in the “Update 1” released earlier this month. Looking forward to another great event… More information is available here (in Danish): http://blogs.technet.com/b/rasmush/archive/2014/04/24/technet-techtalk-pr-230-sentere-windows-update.aspx Event Facts: Date: 21. may 2014 (08.30 til 17.00) Location: Microsoft Denmark, Hellerup Language: Danish and English Technical Level: 200-300 Registration: TechTalk General Session/Keynote: Time Session 09.00 – 10.15 Windows Update –…
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Three brand new deployment labs, created by Johan Arwidmark, are now available on the TechNet Virtual Labs platform. Creating a Windows 8.1 reference image http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9845755 Deploying Windows 8.1 with MDT 2013 (Lite Touch) http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9845757 Deploying Windows 8.1 with Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and MDT 2013 (Zero Touch) http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9845756 Enjoy. +Ronni Pedersen
The Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows RT 8.1 Update has been released on MSDN, and will be avalible to all users from Windows Update next week. And finaly Microsoft has fixed what Windows 8 should have been from the start. This is truly a great update that improves the user experience when using Windows on a desktop without touch. More information on the Windows Experience Blog: http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2014/04/02/windows-8-1-update-important-refinements-to-the-windows-experience.aspx If you can’t wait until next week and wants to install this awesome update now, here is the recommended install order of the hotfixes that are included in the download:…
Next week I’ll be delivering free tecnical training with Rasmus Hald from Microsoft. It’s a full day with both hands-on and notes from the fields on deployment of Windows 8.1 in the Enterprise for IT Professionals. The main focus will be administration and deployment of Windows 8.1. About the event: Date: 11. march 2014 (08:30 to 17:00)Location: Microsoft Danmark, Hellerup Techinal Level: 300Language: DanishPrice: Free Instructors: Ronni Pedersen (MVP) & Rasmus Hald (MSFT)Registration: Hellerup 11/3-2014 (Code: 116D0E)** limited seats avaliable Agenda: Introducing Windows 8.1 People Centric Management Flexible Work Styles Windows Store Apps Unified Management Flexible Desktops Deployment Access to…
Last week I had the great honor to speak at two Microsoft Next events in Århus and Copenhagen. Microsoft Next is the main launch event in Denmark, for the new Windows versions and the System Center 2012 R2 wave, so many customers, partners and most of the danish press, was attending the keynote, ready to hear what Microsoft and some on the solution partners had to offer with all these new technologies available… My presentations was two joined session with Louise Harders, the Product Manager for Windows in Denmark. The main focus of our sessions was some of the new…
I’m a huge fan of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), so with the announcement of SCCM 2012 R2 adopting some of the core MDT features, I was wondering what the roadmap would be with the “LiteTouch” product. At TechEd, Aaron Czechowski and Michael gave some of these answers, and so far it’s looking good . Here is what they shared at TechEd 2013 in New Orleans during the “What’s New with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1” Session: The preview release of MDT 2013 will be available in June 2013. Added support for the following scenarios: Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012…
Microsoft TechEd North America 2013 in New Orleans has kicked off, and the sessions has started to show up on Channel 9, where most sessions and PowerPoint slides will be available 24 hours after the presentation. I’ve just watched the WCA-B328 Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 – Configuration Manager Overview session by Jason Adams and Dilip Radhakrishnan. And even if it the session title says SCCM 2012 SP1, lots of the new R2 stuff was covered. Truly a great overview session. View online session: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2013/WCA-B328 Download PowerPoint: http://video.ch9.ms/sessions/teched/na/2013/WCA-B328.pptx Here are my notes from the session:(The R2 screenshots are from the…