Microsoft has released a new hotfix that solves some problems that was discovered in ConfigMgr 2012 R2. One of them is the infamous slow download of WIM files during OSD. A specific hotfix for that issue was released...
Category - Operating System Deployment
Nickolaj Andersen
Default Boot Images was not updated after a ConfigMgr 2012 R2 upgrade
If you’re upgrading to ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and have modified the default boot images, you’ll notice that the upgrade process was unable to update those boot images to the latest version (6.3.9600.16384). This...
Monitor OSD with Status Message Queries in ConfigMgr 2012
Status Message Queries are perhaps not the most explored and used feature of ConfigMgr 2012, but it’s a great way to get information about what’s happening in your environment. By using Status Message...
Migrate from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 with ConfigMgr 2012 R2
We all know that the support for Windows XP is being dropped by Microsoft on the 8th of April 2014, more information can be found here. In this post I’ll go through the necessary configuration, requirements and...
Create an Answer File for Language settings during OSD with ConfigMgr
Being able to deploy Operating Systems with ConfigMgr 2012 is one of the main reason why companies invest in the product. When deploying an Operating System, you may want to change from the default language preferences...
ConfigMgr 2012 – OSD Front End
Now that we’ve got the option to easily enable a Prestart command in the boot image, why not extend the functionality of the OSD capabilities even more. There are many great front ends for OSD in ConfigMgr out...
ConfigMgr 2012 – The Replace scenario
The purpose of this post is to describe a way of implementing the Replace scenario in ConfigMgr 2012. I’ll cover some bits more in detail and some others on a more high-level scale. So let’s go through the...
Install a ConfigMgr 2012 R2 hierarchy with a Hydration Kit
You’re probably familiar with Johan Arwidmarks awesome hydration kit for ConfigMgr 2012. He recently released an updated version that supports ConfigMgr 2012 R2. If you’ve tested it out, you’re...
Modify the Windows 8.1 Start screen during OSD in ConfigMgr 2012
The new Start screen that came with Windows 8 gives users a fast way to access their applications and to search for anything they’d like. The way that Microsoft has pinned applications on the Start screen for the...
Deploy Windows 8.1 with ConfigMgr 2012 R2
Now that Microsoft has released Windows 8.1 and ConfigMgr 2012 R2, lets look at how we can deploy Windows 8.1. In this post we’ll not be integrating with MDT, instead it will be a native ConfigMgr OSD scenario...