Microsoft Press has released a new eBook Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014, see the link below! Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2014 : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2014/04/02/free-ebook-introducing-microsoft-sql-server-2014.aspx
Category: Microsoft Technologies
SCVMM 2012r2 Cannot place VM on Host in New Cluster – Storage Issue
We are running System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012r2 to manage our environment. Currently we have about 200 VMs operating on 5 hosts. We recently ran into an issue with VMM that requires us to build a new cluster and remove the old one. In an effort to streamline things, I also wanted to take […]
MDT customsettings.ini Switches
I have spent a lot of time working with MDT and figuring out quite a bit of command switches in order to manipulate the deployment outcome. I listed them below. I will keep adding to this list, and if anyone has any that they do not see, please feel free to send it to me […]
“A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine” error – Fix
Windows has a limitation of only allowing a machine to be sysprepped 3 times until you have to redeploy the operating system clean. I have spent a greater part of the past few years creating images, so I have run into this multiple times. After some research and testing, I have found that they below steps […]
System Center Orchestrator High-Availability Patching
I was recently asked about patching in regards to Microsoft System Center Orchestrator because I was able to demo how to automate certain processes in regards to patching, and I was asked “Well, what about if I wanted to automate patching my Orchestrator servers”, which of course got the wheels spinning. I did some searching […]
Add VMware NIC drivers to your SCCM boot image
With the expansion of Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager, I have worked with quite a few people that are either mixing their virtual environment with VMware and Hyper-V or moving off of VMware all together. Intermixing System Center products does not usually pose any type of problems when they work together, but I recently ran […]
Mapping the iSCSI Initiator with PowerShell
I recently wanted to create a task sequence in MDT that would build all of my Hyper-V hosts and map the iSCSI connection and connect the storage on its own. After digging around and testing several methods, I thought that the best way to do this would be that I could add a small PowerShell script into the […]
Backup and Restore your System Registry
Back up the registry Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Or, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, and then click Search. In the search box, type regedit.exe, and then press Enter. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, […]
Enabling Bitlocker with SCCM
Companies are starting to take a look and utilize Bitlocker more often now. I have had many customers ask me about Bitlocker and what the easiest way to deploy it companywide would be. Usually when I am having discussions with people, it is during an upgrade, hardware refresh, or a new build out, so in […]