by DeploymentSwede | Sep 14, 2011 | Deployment, 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...
by DeploymentSwede | Aug 31, 2011 | Other, 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...
by Admin | Aug 25, 2011 | Windows |
I get this question a lot so I decided to write down everything I know about when Group Policies are updated when in use. The short answer: GPOs are, by default, refreshed every 90 minutes plus a random period of 0-30 minutes – but only if the GPO has changed....
by Admin | Aug 25, 2011 | Other, Windows |
Doug Gabbard at Microsoft has some excellent tips and tricks when you’re building up your Windows Active Directory lab here. There are bunch of detailed instructions in there so make sure to read it, but I found the general DO NOTS very useful, quoted below: DO...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2011 | Other, Windows |
These are my best practices when it comes to setting up DNS and DHCP at a new customer site. Of course, many settings are on case-by-case basis, but this is where I start. Feel free to comment if you have any suggestions! First, there are some basics which I probably...
by Admin | Apr 22, 2011 | Windows |
As I’ve mentioned before, I use MDT 2010 in my lab to deploy all my machines. I haven’t explained in detail (yet) how I have set it up, but I wanted to put a quick post on how easy it is to deploy Windows 2008 R2 Server Core using MDT. Start the Deployment...