Mike's Tech Head Blog

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 - Now Available!

Mikael Nystrom — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:19:10 GMT

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 - Now Available! If you’re making the move to Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and/or Office 2010, you need tools and guidance to help you through the process. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010...(read more)

Microsoft announces major changes on the virtualization map

Mikael Nystrom — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:02:00 GMT

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…...(read more)

Deployment Roadshow – one day workshop in Sweden

Mikael Nystrom — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:43:00 GMT

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...(read more)

TechDays in Sweden – I have 2 sessions

Mikael Nystrom — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:22:16 GMT

Windows 7 – Utrullning i ”lagom” stora företag This session is about Windows 7 Deployment for small and midsize business, that means that I will cover things like Upgrade Advisor, Windows Easy transfer, MAP, ACT, WAIK, WDS and MDT. A warning is in place...(read more)

TechEd North America – I’ve got a Pre Conf day

Mikael Nystrom — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:00:00 GMT

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...(read more)

TechEd Online – Recorded session around W7 Deployment

Mikael Nystrom — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:32:24 GMT

Last time at TechEd EMEA I did a TechTalk, which is a short interview, in this case Johan Arwidmark is asking all the questions (Well hi does not know Windows 7 Deployment so he keeps asking me all the time, or something) Anyway, it was kind of fun to...(read more)

Recorded Session about Windows 7 Deployment

Mikael Nystrom — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:09:24 GMT

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...(read more)

Our Deployment Road show is coming to town

Mikael Nystrom — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:32:54 GMT

So folks, if you live in Stockholm, Malmö, Göteborg or Sundsvall. Johan and I will come to visit you next week. Johan and I have been talking about doing a road show for many years now, for many reasons it never happened until now (And only “hi” knows...(read more)

MDT2010 – Publish Windows 7 upgrade/refresh using Group Policy’s

Mikael Nystrom — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:11:53 GMT

This time it will be fun. There is one thing that many people do not know and that is the fact that you can run the LiteTouch script directly from with in the OS and there seems to be only a handful of people that knows you can use command line parameters...(read more)

MDT2010 – Things you should know – Part III

Mikael Nystrom — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:37:04 GMT

So, you are about to deploy Windows 7, yes perfect. So you have set up your deployment solution, done the apps job and everything is perfect !!!, or… For some reason when you open up System in the control panel it says: Rating : Unrated And that is not...(read more)

MDT 2010 – USMT Bug

Mikael Nystrom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:32 GMT

So, this one is nasty, the problem will be that when doing a refresh from Windows XP to Windows 7 the USMT will not apply all settings, due to a small issue. The result will be that some settings are lost, it captures some setting but not all. If you...(read more)

TechEd Europe 2009 – TechEd Online (The free stuff)

Mikael Nystrom — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:21:50 GMT

So You did not go to TechEd, and you don't want to buy the TechEd Online ticket to see all the sessions, in that case let me show this: Of course, there are others to, also you will see TechTalks from other TechEd’s around the globe, check...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V – 10 things to remember

Mikael Nystrom — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:50:10 GMT

Storage, store the .VHD file and the settings file at the same location and if possible format the hard drive using 64 k blocks instead of using standard, that will increase speed and lower impact on the parent partition The Time Synchronization...(read more)

TechEd Europe 2009 – Berlin – Day 2

Mikael Nystrom — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:51:00 GMT

Next up, day number two. Worked at TLC all day long, the TLC stands for Technical Learning Center. Worked in the EBS Booth. At lunch I meet with people from the Setup and Deployment team, for some reason the where missing staff over at the Windows 7 Deployment...(read more)

Cluster Shared Volumes and iSCSI could be a problem

Mikael Nystrom — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:11:41 GMT

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...(read more)