May
12
We have been using MDT to deploy our windows 7 images for a couple of years now but one of the problems we have faced is the fact that the local primary school is attached to our network. This is very beneficial for the students but we are only linked by a 100mb wireless link …
Mar
14
I have written quite a lot about Microsoft Deployment Toolkit including a free step by step setup guide which can be found here so when I saw this video on TechNet I just knew I had to share so sit back and enjoy this video presentation by Shruti Kala About This Video In this overview …
Dec
10
Earlier this week I made available on the blog my free EBook on MDT 2010 step by step guide which can be found here well I found a series of videos of TechNet Edge about deploying windows 7 and the different strategies you can use, but the series of videos focuses mainly on MDT 2010 …
Dec
05
Back in July I wrote a series of posts on MDT 2010 and made this available on Scribd this EBook has now had over 5000 reads on this site but apparently you need to register to read this so I thought I would make it easier for all by making it available to download from …
Jul
19
Rule Settings in MDT 2010 MDT 2010 as you have seen is very customizable and you can stop some screens showing with the rules available in MDT this will cut down on the amount of input required during the operating system install. Theses inbuilt rules are quite limited so below you will find many more …
Jul
19
Windows Deployment services PXE boot image One of the steps at the beginning of this article was to setup Windows Deployment Services we will now use this to deploy a PXE boot image. From the Start Menu | Administration Tools select Windows Deployment Services once open right click on boot images and select ‘Add Boot …
Jul
18
Adding an application to your MDT installation The next thing we will do is add Office 2010 to the base image this is not a necessary step at the moment so if you deploy applications using a 3rd party tool you can skip this step. Open the Deployment workbench and the MDT Deployment Share section …
Jul
16
Adding a Base Image to MDT 2010 The next step is now to add a base image to your MDT deployment. Expand the deployment shares and right click Operating Systems and select ‘Import Operating System’ I will choose the Full set of source files option and for this I will need the windows 7 DVD …
Jul
12
This post is a continuation in the series on MDT part 1 can be found at http://www.sharepointedutech.com/2010/07/07/mdt-2010-setup-step-by-step-part-1/ Installing the Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows® 7 MDT 2010 uses the Windows 7 automated installation kit which can be down loaded from the Microsoft site here so before we continue I will install and configure, …
