There are a couple of OS deployment webservices out there like the legendary one from Maik Koster that is great (Should be built-in the product!) We have been using and developing our own OSD webservice at Onevinn which we used a couple of years now. It has been developed by my college Johan Schrewelius who…
Configuration Manager OSDBackground
There are many solutions out there for setting the OSD background to show progress during OS deployment. My college Johan Schrewelius at Onevinn has written a great one that shows: Note: OSDBackground have been replaced with TSBackground which have the same functionality and more. https://ccmexec.com/2019/06/tsbackground-for-configmgr/ Time elapsed Host information Current OSD Step Custom background Yes,…
Context difference between a Task Sequence in MDT and SCCM
I have gotten this question so many times now when writing scripts and blog posts what the difference is between a Task Sequence in MDT and SCCM. In some scenarios this makes a huge difference and is important to know about. When you execute an OSD Task Sequence in MDT you are logged on as…
2016 Microsoft® MVP Award!
After checking the inbox and the junk mail folder just to be sure many times today, THE mail finally arrived! It is a true honor to be awarded MVP for yet another year, my sixth time! Thanks to all of you! and Microsoft for making this happen and all your support!!
Tweaking PXE boot times in Configuration Manager 1606
In Configuration Manager 1606 we got a new option to tweak our PXE boot times, TFTPWindowsSize which we can change in the registry on our PXE enabled DP’s. PXE booting a machine can never be fast enough! https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt627944.aspx#BKMK_RamDiskTFTP Location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SMS\DP Name: RamDiskTFTPWindowSize Type: REG_DWORD The default value is 1 (1 data block fills the window)…
Dot3Svc does not load using WinPE/ADK 1607
There seems to be a bug in the Windows 10 1607 ADK when trying to load the components needed to for instance deploy a machine when using 802.1x in your network. The service fails to load with System Error 126 as shown in the screenshot below. There are some comments about it on forums and…
Enable App-V and UE-V during OSD in Windows 10 1607
In Windows 10 1607 App-V and UE-V are built-in natively in the Operating System (Not in Pro) and no additional setup needs to be run anymore, this is awesome! Both App-V and UE-V can be enabled using a Group Policy or by using the following Powershell commands, Enable-Appv and Enable-UEV. In some scenarios especially for…
SCUG.SE – Enterprise Client Day 27-October
It is time again! System Center User Group Sweden are planning an Enterprise Client day on the 27th of October at Microsoft in Akalla, Stockholm! We have a preliminary agenda inplace and registrations are now open as well, hope to see you all there! The sessions will be held in Swedish. Agenda (preliminary): Description Agenda…