TL;DR; – When reinstalling Windows on a Surface Pro 6 and it fails, make sure that you “temporarely” disable the ” Enable boot configuration lock” option and try again. At one of my customers we are using MDT to install Surface Pro 6 devices in order to make sure that the latest version of Windows…
Tag: OSD
How to add Branding to your OS Deployment in ConfigMgr 2012 – Part 3: Create Compliance Baseline
In part 1, I showed you how to enable the Branding to Reg steps, and where you could find the information in the registry. Part 2 showed you how you can extend what information is branded into the registry, and in this part I will show you how you can use Compliance Settings and Compliance…
How to add Branding to your OS Deployment in ConfigMgr 2012 – Part 2: Modify OSDBranding
In part 1 of this series, I showed you how to enable the Branding to Reg steps, so that during a Task Sequence some information about the Task Sequence is stored in the Registry under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MPSD\OSD. In this part, we are going to extend the information which is written to include some information we want…
How to add Branding to your OS Deployment in ConfigMgr 2012 – Part 1: Enable Branding
I’m a big fan of integrating the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit into ConfigMgr, but notice that I’m having a hard time to convince my customers (and some fellow Deployment enthusiasts) of the added value. Personally I think that has something to do with the overwhelming added functionality you get. Take for example the MDT created Task…
Best practices for deploying applications within a ConfigMgr 2012 Task Sequence
When you decide to install Applications during your OS Deployment using Configuration Manager, there are some caveats which must be taken into account Applications installed during a task sequence must be installed completely silent, that means that no user interaction is allowed. Some points of attention are: Task Sequence runs in the context of the…
ConfigMgr 2012: Caveat with application revisions when used in a Task Sequence – Updated
Update: Some readers of my blog still experience this issue, and up until now the exact cause is not clear. The workaround is still valid though ! Please read the comments below for the latest updates. If you also experience this issue, please up the counter on the Microsoft Connect site where this issue is reported: https://connect.microsoft.com/ConfigurationManagervnext/feedback/details/772079/task-sequence-doesnt-install-or-fails-when-application-version-is-updated Recently I…