I often create GPO:s which Assign a certain software and make sure that I have a domain group which contain the computer where I want the software installed and then I make sure Security Filtering of the GPO doesn't contain Authenticated Users but only the group. That way, I control which computers get that software. But what if someone later uninstall the software manually? No matter reboots, the software will not be re-installed by the GPO. How do you force [...]
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Categories: Windows
Creating an unattended installation of Windows 8 Developer Preview with MDT, can it be done? The answer is yes! However, you will have to make some small changes since MDT is not designed to deploy Windows 8. This guide is written using Windows Server 2008 R2, MDT 2010 Update 1 and Windows 8 Developer Preview x64. The Developer Preview requires you to set the product key type in MDT to Retail. Otherwise, you will get a nice looking error message. [...]
Categories: Deployment, Windows
Last few months I've been faced with installing a 2008 R2 server with MDT 2010 several times. Sure, I'm fully aware of the Hydration Kits out there which are awesome... so this is still pretty basic stuff. Anyway, it was pretty boring to look up my notes every time so I decided to write it down here so I could do it as fast as possible, and also to show colleagues how to get started with MDT easily. I'm sure [...]
