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Using WIM2VHD to create Reference Images for Hyper-V
Sometimes you need a fast way to create a reference image. You know, suddenly you need to have a VHD file of Windows Server 2008 R2 and a Windows 7 machine, like NOW. It always seem to be NOW or yesterday that things need to be done, wonder why…...
Microsoft announces major changes on the virtualization map
Number One: Microsoft announces that in SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 they will have Dynamic Memory Allocation. That's nice, not always useful, but nice to have. So now you wonder when SP1 is about the come, right :-), sorry cant tell you that…...
Deployment Roadshow – one day workshop in Sweden
Mike & Mike (Michael Anderberg & Mikael Nystrom) will travel around in Sweden during springtime and do a one day hands on lab, a day where you can rapidly learn how to deploy Windows 7 at customers. This is a joint venture with Microsoft TechNet...
TechEd North America – I’ve got a Pre Conf day
Well, its not “only” me, Its me (Mike), Johan Arwidmark, Chris Jackson Jeremy Chapman and Mr "MDT" Michael Niehaus. And we are doing a one day full blown Windows 7 Deployment day. Right now we are working on the content to be able...
Recorded Session about Windows 7 Deployment
In November I did a LiveMeeting for Microsoft regarding Windows 7 Deployment. For some reason that session was recorded. Surprise :-) The recording is in the Swedish language and you can watch it here… /mike
Cluster Shared Volumes and iSCSI could be a problem
So you have decided to run Windows Server 2008 R2, using the new Clustered Shared Volumes features and you are going to have a SAN based on iSCSI. Good for you, then you will properly also want to set it up according to best practices, hmm lets see… Two...
MDT 2010 – Things you should know - Part II
I missed this one!, shame on me and all credits goes to Björn Axell, P-O Axelsson and Bosse Törnqvist for letting me know (A beer sometime?) Fixing the “Final Reboot in a LiteTouch scenario” Version II This is the built in “Final...
MDT 2010 – Things you should do – Part I
I have one problem (well there might be more than one problem, but that is beside the point here). Since I have been doing some OS deployment for the last 23 years or so, stuff that I do I take for granted, things that I know must be done, things that...
The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 Now Released!
Finally here, MAPS 4.0 is RTM and ready to be downloaded and used. I have been using it for a while in both real and in test environment and I’m rather pleased, the only thing that annoys me is that very few customers and partners seems to understand...