Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 2 is now available for download and was release last December 22nd 2015. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 2 is for operating system deployment leveraging the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10. Feature Summary MDT is the recommended process and toolset for automating desktop and server operating … Continue reading
Solution We found out that Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) on the Hyper-V host is preventing the DP site role installation. Problem I was at one client last month to deploy a SCCM 2012 R2 and spent sometime troubleshooting why “Distribution Manager failed to install distribution point“. Log “Error Milestone PS1 2/12/2015 1:22:54 PM CMSP01 SMS_DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER 2370 … Continue reading
What’s new in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) in Windows Server Technical Preview: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt163897.aspx The following new features in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) improve the ability for organizations to secure Active Directory environments and help them migrate to cloud-only deployments and hybrid deployments, where some applications and services are hosted in the cloud … Continue reading
The fourth release of Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview is made available last Nov 2015 and can be downloaded at TechNet Eval Center This post will show the step by step installation of Windows Server 2016 TP4 in a virtual machine which I have created for an online presentation with the Philippine Windows Users Group (PHIWUG) event … Continue reading
System Center Configuration Manager Technical Preview 4 was released last November 12, 2015. As of today, SCCM Tech Preview 4 is not yet available in MSDN Subscription so it can only be downloaded from the Microsoft Eval Center. *** Do take note that this Technical Preview must be installed as a new site, and cannot … Continue reading
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 1 is now available for download at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48595 MDT 2013 Update 1 will support the following Operating Systems: Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows 8/8.1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Windows Server Tech Preview You are required to install Windows ADK 10 for all deployment scenarios and … Continue reading
If you want to deploy Windows Server Technical Preview using MDT 2013 follow the instruction in these blog posts: Beyond unsupported – Deploying Windows Technical Preview with MDT 2013 by Johan Arwidmark Deploy Windows 10, Windows Server, and Hyper-V Server Technical Preview Using MDT 2013 by Frank Lesniak Though these are for Windows 10 Technical Preview deployment, it … Continue reading
Here’s a command line for unattended installation of System Center Technical Preview Operations Manager OMServer, OMConsol and OMReporting . I am running Windows Server Technical Preview. First download the SCOM perquisites: ReportViewer SQLSysClrTypes Unattended Install parameters below, just change highlighted text. Start-Process -FilePath setup.exe -ArgumentList ‘/install /InstallPath:”C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center Technical Preview\Operations Manager” /components:OMServer,OMConsole,OMReporting /ManagementGroupName:SCOMMgmt /SqlServerInstance:<SQLSERVER\MSSQLSERVER> /DatabaseName:OperationsManager … Continue reading
This post will show to create and configure your SQL ConfigurationFile.ini for unattended installation or deployment(s). Download SQL Server 2014 at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2014 For this exercise, I’am using Windows Server Technical Preview: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview and make sure that the .Net Framework 3.5 Feature is installed. Run the setup.exe file and go through the normal installation process. You can then fetch the … Continue reading
I am setting up a new Windows Server Technical Preview that I will name VMM01 and later will be added to a domain, so in that server I launched PowerShell to set a static IP Address and rename the server. Here are the steps: IP Configuration Type Get-NetIPConfiguration to get the information needed like, InterfaceAlias, InterfaceIndex and … Continue reading