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Windows Update for Business: The Business will have to wait…
With the release of Windows 10 1511, Microsoft also published a new tool called Windows Update for Business. I can’t remember how long the product was teased to the mass but everybody was expecting...
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MDT 2013: How to Update task Sequence without rebuilding the media.
Today, I stumbled upon this question on Reddit. As I thought the tip was not widely known, I made this quick post to spread the info!I’ve personally used this technic for more than five years without...
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Deploying offline universal app with Windows store for business
Aside from the Windows 10 Threshold release, Microsoft also published the long awaited windows store for business.Windows store for business (WSB) is an online tool that gives IT admins the ability to...
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MDT 2013U1/U2: Failure (5627): Run DISM.exe
If you've recently updated you deployment solution (MDT+ADK) you’ve probably noticed some regression in Hyper-V compared to the previous releases. One of them may occur if you try to deploy packages...
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MDT/SCCM: Detecting if a device is touch aware from WinPE
Today’s post is a mash-up style post as everything was already floating around somewhere in the internet, I just glued everything together and added a pinch of spice! Use caseOne of my customer...
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CM\MDT : How to set variables list in Customsettings.ini
This is a tiny treasure I found while looking at something else in the MDT code, something that have been kept secret… until today… Variables/Properties, in CM\MDT are for sure one of the coolest...
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SCCM\MDT: How to set up taskbar, wallpaper and pin items to taskbar...
Ok, this a “the old new things” kind of post, as everything here is fundamentally not new. This post as one goal: leaving us away from a bunch of boring and limited technics everybody seems to be fond...
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Windows 10: Upgrade your practices – Part 1 “Enterprise ISO is dead”
One year of Windows 10 brought to the table an heavy load of new technologies that definitely make it an operating system you’ll love if you are an IT pro. In this series of blog post, I will try to...
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Windows 10: Upgrade your practices – Part 2 “WSUS is dead !”
Welcome back to the “Upgrade your Windows 10 deployment practices” series, if you had much fun getting ride of your enterprise ISO, I have an even bigger news for you today: you can also get ride of...
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Office 365: icons does not show up on the start menu
Quick case from the home front: I needed to deploy Windows 10 and Office 365 in a multi lingual environment with a start menu filled with the Office suite.On a neutral (English) base, I placed my icons...
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Windows 10: Upgrade your practices – part 3 “Always install language pack...
Welcome to the third episode of the “Upgrade your Windows 10 deployment practices”, if you’ve just come aboard, we’ve already talk about the following topics:Part 1 - Enterprise ISO is Dead. Part 2 –...
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Where is that Technet blog’s RSS feed ?
Yes, RSS bro, you’ve red it correctly! At the age of social networks and instant notifications do we still need that plain old technology? I definitely think so! Don’t get me wrong, I’m on twitter and...
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Windows 10: Upgrade your practices – Part 4 Disabling Firewall the right way.
If for some reasons you need to disable Windows firewall, you should get away from a bunch of technics that disable the firewall service like the SC.exe command, Win32_Service from WMI,...
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MDT 8443 : Enabling Bitlocker Pre-Provisioning Only
If you missed the memo, Bitlocker pre-provisioning allow disk encryption on the go. Once the hard drive is formatted, every dropped data are written and encrypted at the same time. This is an huge...
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ConfigMgr/MDT: Unleash your lab’s power with a NAT Switch
NAT switch is a new feature introduced with the release of Hyper-V that shipped with Windows 10/Sever 2016. This commodity basically allow machines from your private LAN to go to the interweb by...
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OEM Images: Notes from the field
I’m actually working for an OEM vendor and therefore had to use Microsoft OEM ISO images. One or two things undocumented on the web makes me loose some times, so I've written them down here, hoping...
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MDT 8443: Task Sequence stops after reboot
SymptomYou’re deploying Windows (any version from client to server) using MDT. After formatting the disk, applying WIM, patches and drivers, the machine reboot to Windows and continue to install...
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MDT 8443: how to use NAT Switch without DHCP
In a previous post I demonstrated the many benefits of installing a NAT switch to push your Hydration lab to the next level. I also covered some use cases that included MDT, but I missed a big one...
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GPO: How to fix “Policy element CSE_NOBACKGROUND referenced in presentation...
Windows as a Service… And the fun never stops !… Really… The BugSo, you’ve decided to roll out build 1709 in your company, and as a good admin, you begin by updating your GPO templates. You copy the...
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MDT: Application Launcher is back with a vengeance !!!
In 2015, I wrote a script for MDT to ease application deployment, since then I’ve never stopped to enhance and debug it. It has matured to a point where I can’t work without it and have used it in...
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