25 February 2009 4 Comments

How To: Validate Network Connectivity by Subnet in the MDT Task Sequencer

Tweet One of the many things in life that really bothers me, is Microsoft Deployment Toolkit’s binary nature. During an OS deployment, everything has to be 100% “as expected”  or the deployment itself tends to fail completely. An incorrect setting can get your 99% through your build process, only to have it fail at the [...]

23 February 2009 1 Comment

How To: Monitor Utimaco Safeguard Easy Encryption during OS deployment

Tweet So I promised that I’d try to post more frequently with tips and tricks for the variety of technologies I encounter and I figured I’d start with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, as I’ve gained quite a bit of hands-on experience with this as of late. MDT is used to build and deploy both workstation [...]

26 March 2008 0 Comments

Scripting the creation of a Lotus Notes DB replica

Tweet In my company, we have a lot of laptops as our staff mostly work out of the office. They constantly VPN in to get their mail, and our recommended best practice is to replicate their Lotus Notes mail rather than working online. However, when setting up a laptop for a new staff member, that [...]