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Replace Scenario alternative for USMT Migration
Fantastic post over on The Deployment Guys blog about using USMT in a Replace scenario.  Read the full post here. While USMT 4.0 in a Refresh Scenario...
USMT 4.0 and Migrating Examples
Deployment Master Michael Niehaus has a few new posts from his adventures at TechEd New Zealand.  He even used Angry Birds for an example, very cool...
Posted: Aug 24 2011, 11:56 AM by cnackers | with no comments
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MDT 2010: User State Migration (Lite-Touch)
Andrew Barnes has created a really great post explaining USMT for MDT LTI.  Read the full post here. In order to automate the User State Capture and...
USMT 4.0, Hardlink and Bitlocker in SCCM OSD
Michael Petersen has a really nice post on USMT 4, Hardlink and Bitlocker over on his blog.  Read his full post here. I’m often asked if its possible...
Fix: Unable to delete the OSDStateStorePath folder in an OSD Task Sequence using USMT 4.0 with Hard Links in ConfigMgr 2007
Read the original post here , contributed by: Clifton Hughes | Senior System Center Support Engineer When using Hard Links for User State Migration, attempting...
USMT Custom XML the Free and Easy Way
Ned has a great post I found this week over on the Directory Services Team Blog .  Working with USMT XML files can be frustrating and you always wonder...
Posted: Mar 29 2011, 11:09 AM by cnackers | with no comments
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USMT 4.0 and unconditionalExclude
Was recently working on a custom.xml for a client with USMT 4.0 and was struggling with getting my exclusions to work. My syntax appeared to be correct...
USMT 4 Update Released to Support Office 2010 Migrations
Microsoft has created an update for USMT 4.0 that adds support for Office 2010. USMT 4.0 migrations of Office 2010 are now supported . You can get the...
Configuration Manager and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)–USMT Task Sequence Templates
Attached to this blog post are the Task Sequence templates for my previous post on ConfigMgr and USMT, using a UNC path . These templates can be used with...
New KB: A System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Task Sequence may fail if the computer has multiple drives or partitions and USMT 4 with hardlinking is being used
For the latest version of the article see the link below: KB2269650 - A System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Task Sequence may fail if the computer...
Deployment Walkthrough Videos Now Fully Posted
REALLY great post by Richard Smith over on The Deployment Guys Blog. Read the full post here and view the videos. I would highly recommend you watch some...
Configuration Manager 2007 – Configuring USMT To Use A UNC Path
The below guide will cover configuring Task Sequence’s for allowing USMT data to be stored to and from a UNC path. This will utilize a folder named after...
User State Migration Tool (USMT) Task Sequence Variables
Here is a list of the User State Migration Tool (USMT) variables I’ve put together for use with Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). I complied information...
Configuration Manager and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit User State Migration Tool & SMP Bug (ConfigMgr/MDT)
There is a bug in ztiuserstate.wsf that prevents a MDT integrated Task Sequence from connecting to the SMP (State Migration Point) to upload the .mig file...
How to use USMT 4 hardlinking in a Configuration Manager 2007 Task Sequence
Great post over the The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog talking about USMT 4. Here’s a snippet: Suppose you want to use the USMT 4 feature of hardlinking...
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