Working at a customer (you know who you are) I asked – How do you update all PXE\WDS servers around the globe? – We logon and update them – Would you like […]
Working in the Datacenter – Deploying HP Servers and configure BIOS for High Performance using PowerShell
If you have a HP ProLiant Gen 8 or Gen 9 it is possible to use PowerShell to configure the BIOS. One of the items I really like to configure is the […]
Working in the Datacenter – Application Wrapper for HP BIOS CmdLets – Deploy it during OSD
In a previous blogpost a shortly described what you can do with the “HP BIOS CmdLets for Windows PowerShell (x64)” and in this post I’ll give you a PowerShell wrapper for LTI/ZTI […]
Inside the Task Sequence – Generate Application Migration File
Today during class we worked on Refresh and Replace scenarios. We touched based on a tiny step in the Task Sequence that is actually really cool. In the Task Sequence for Lite […]
OSD – How to test Upgrades, Refresh and Replace on real computers with real data, without making users angry
Today during class we had a discussion about testing things like upgrades, refresh and replace. It is of course possible to deploy a new virtual machines with all apps, but that kind […]
OSD – How make PXE work in ConfigMgr OSD, MDT and WDS work perfectly fine – Stop using DHCP Option 66 & 67
During the OSD class last week I did get some questions regarding the use of IP Helpers in the routers or using Option 66 and 67 in the DHCP server, since booth […]
Just for the fun of it – I was interviewed and Deployment Fundamentals Vol:6 was reviewed
Pretty much directly after Johan Arwidmark and I finished the work on Deployment Fundamentals Vol:6 we where contacted by Mitch Tulloch. He basically asked for an interview, we said yes, and here […]
OS Deployment – Allow PXE deployment to the same MAC Address by configure SMS_DISCOVERY_DATA_MANAGER in ConfigMgr, or How to deploy Windows to shared docking stations and usb network adapters
This is very simple, when you deploy a device uisng PXE, ConfigMgr will inventory the MAC address, but that will prevent that mac address from being used once more unless the hardware […]
