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The Deployment Guys : ConfigMgr 2007 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Video Walkthrough
ConfigMgr 2007 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Video Walkthrough Are you struggling with setting up ConfigMgr 2007 Operating System Deployment and integrating MDT? - download and view the video walkthrough that shows you how to: Setup the server environment for ConfigMgr 2007 OS deployment Configure the ConfigMgr 2007 Site Settings Configure the ConfigMgr 2007 Computer Management Settings Configure...
WAIK for Vista SP1 and Server 2008 and XP SP3 Dates
Hopefully you have heard by now that Vista SP1 and Server 2008 went RTM on Monday . But can you use these with OSD or MD? Well of course you can with the new version of WAIK. Also it is being reported that Vista SP1 goes live on Feb 18th or 19th and Windows XP SP3 goes live on March 23rd or 24th. Download details here direct download here (1.1 GB). Overview The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows...
Windows Automated Installation Kit - Removing Packages
I got a question today regarding the ability of pkgmgr to uninstall a package. I think everyone knows that you can add packages with WAIK in the latest version but you can also remove or update packages as well as the built in Windows features. If you want to remove a package from a Vista image (WIM) you can use pkgmgr.exe to accomplish this in a couple ways. start /w pkgmgr.exe /up /m:c:\packages...
Microsoft Deployment Release Candidate 1 Available for Download
The latest installment of BDD, code named Deployment 4, now named Microsoft Deployment (MD) is available for download on the Microsoft Connect site. This is the much anticipated version that integrates with ConfigMgr's OSD and is the next evolution of BDD. With this new version you can expect to have a single solution for the deployment of both desktops and servers as well as WDS, and ACT. See...
BDD 2008 Beta 3 Available On Connect
The ConfigMgr compatible version of BDD (Beta 3), which I will call BDD 2008 for now, is available through open beta on the Connect site. The RTM version is expected to be out in November of this year. In this version there is the previously discussed multicasting , USMT, WAIK, and ACT 5.0. On Friday October 5th there is also a webcast on deploying an OS with ConfigMgr, you can register for it here...
Booting Your Vista Box From A WIM File Stored Locally
Let me first say Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful Mothers out there hopefully you are having/had a superb Mothers Day!!! Today is Mothers Day in the US if you hadn't guessed. This is just amazing, this is the third time today that I have found someone already had a solution to a question I was asked just this last week. This is one, managing SMS clients in both workgroup and a domain, and...
BDD 2007 Source Code Available For Download!
Overview The Microsoft® Solution Accelerator for Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) is best-practice guidance for desktop deployment. BDD is targeted at companies that want to reduce deployment time, effort, and cost by increasing the level of automation. It allows administrators to deploy desktops with Zero Touch and Lite Touch interaction at the target PCs. This accelerator also helps organizations...
Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) User's Guide for Windows Vista Updated
Direct download . From the readme... Contents Introduction to the Windows AIK Documentation Update 1................... 2 Critical Updates........................................................................... 2 Windows AIK Setup and Installation Known Issues.............................. 3 Windows Setup Known Issues........................................................ 3 General Windows Deployment...
New SMS and Vista Virtual Labs
Deploying Windows Vista with SMS 2003 After completing this lab, you will be better able to: Install the SMS 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack Update. Install USMT 3.0 to capture and restore user state information. Create an Image Capture Wizard CD. Image a Windows Vista client computer. Import the Windows Vista image into an SMS 2003 image package. Deploy the Windows Vista image to upgrade a Windows...
WAIK User Guides Released
This download contains four files, the getting_started_itpro.rtf, readme_WAIK.rtf, unattend.chm, and waik.chm. In the Getting Started guide, they cover the “end-to-end deployment scenario”, which includes building a lab, building an answer file (unattend.xml), building a master installation (reference computer), creating and deploying an image. The readme has more updates to the getting started guide...
