Author: Jörgen Nilsson

I needed a really simple script/solution to make sure that only tested/certified Computer models are being installed so I created this simple little script for it. It will prompt the user that the computer model isn’t supported Logs the make/model to a log file on a share Fail the task sequence To keep it simple I use the…

Be sure not to miss the System Center User Group days in Stockholm Sweden on the 21-22 of January. The event will be two days, one day with focus on Datacenter and Private Cloud and one day will focus on Client Management. I have the great honor of presenting on the Client Management track a…

The Orchestrator integration in MDT 2012 Update 1 is my new toy for this week, it feels like Christmas when you where a little kid you want to play around with it all the time, have it next to the bed at night! I wrote a blog post a couple of days ago on how…

Today I got the MVP Award mail! It was a long day of waiting, checking the junk mail filter, checking that the mailbox wasn’t full and then finally the mail arrived. 😀 “Dear Jorgen Nilsson, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2012 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical…

I finally got around testing the new Orchestrator Task in MDT 2012 Update 1 and wow is the word that comes into mind! I thought well I will do two simple tests to see how it works, now I am hooked. I added two Orchestrator tasks in my OS Deployment Task Sequence the first step…

An update to MDT 2012 Update 1 is released! Which solves an issue when used together with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager 2012 Cumulative Update 1 where you get an error when creating a new MDT Task Sequence. For more information about the update see Michael Niehaus’s blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2012/09/19/mdt-2012-update-1-has-been-updated.aspx Download is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25175

Yesterday Sp1 beta was made available for download! A very interesting blog post was also published on the System Center Configuration Manager Team Blog regarding which versions of Configuration Manager will support Windows 8 and Server 2012. It also contains information that Sp1 will be released early 2013!!! Here is the support matrix: System Center…

System Center 2012 Sp1 beta is available for download! 😀 Some of the news from the blog post from the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Team Configuration Manager SP1 enhancements include: Deployment and management of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Distribution point for Windows Azure to help reduce infrastructure costs Automation of administrative tasks…