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The Client Management team is happy to announce the availability of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Preview. Download the installer file and release notes from the Client Management program on Connect in the MDT group. New members must first join the MDT group of the Client Management program on Connect. MDT 2013 Preview includes: Support for the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8.1 Preview. (The Windows ADK for Windows 8.1 Preview is available on the Microsoft Download Center.) Support for... [Lire la suite]

“I hear and I forget, I see and remember, I do and I understand.”  This Confucian proverb may hold an important key in addressing today’s IT skills gap. According to the 2013 Gartner CIO Agenda Report, of the 2,053 CIOs surveyed, more than half reported shortages in talent relating to key digital technology skills, including enterprise architecture, business intelligence and analytics, security and risk management, and IT strategy and planning. I’ve talked before about the importance of continued education for IT... [Lire la suite]

Microsoft Message Analyzer has been released to the public, available here: https://connect.microsoft.com/site216 As you might guess from the name, Message Analyzer is much more than a network sniffer or packet tracing tool. Key capabilities include:               Integrated "live" event and message capture at various system levels and endpoints               Parsing and validation of protocol... [Lire la suite]

The next version of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit—version 2012— is now available for beta download. To participate, register for MDT 2012 Beta 1 at Microsoft Connect. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 1 rides the next wave of System Center releases with support for System Center Configuration Manager 2012. For Lite Touch installations, MDT 2012 improves the overall client-side user experience, while also providing behind-the-scenes enhancements for partitioning, UEFI, and user state migration. These features, combined... [Lire la suite]

Help unblock OS deployments by redelivering blocking users' old Windows environments, applications and browsers seamlessly in Windows 7 using automated physical-to-virtual migration P2V Migration for Software Assurance uses the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Sysinternals Disk2VHD to convert a user's existing Windows XP or newer client environment to a virtual hard disk then automates the delivery of an updated and personalized Windows 7 operating system containing a virtual machine with the user's previous Windows environment,... [Lire la suite]

Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la disponibilité de la BETA 1 du successeur de System Center Configuration Manager 2007 ! Le nom de cette nouvelle monture est pour le moment inconnu c’est pourquoi nous l’appellerons par son nom de code : vNext ! Cependant, la Roadmap System Center nous laisse penser qu'il risque fortement d’être rebaptisé System Center Configuration Manager 2012 ! Bien que cette nouvelle version majeure du logiciel de gestion de parc de l’éditeur partage le même nom que son prédécesseur à savoir... [Lire la suite]

A new update for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is currently under development.  This new version will provide new capabilities such as: Support for System Center Configuration Manager R3’s OEM pre-staged media feature. Support for Microsoft Office 2010. A new “User-Driven Installation” (UDI) deployment method (formerly known as ‘Modena’) for System Center Configuration Manager, enabling end users to initiate an OS deployment through an easy-to-use wizard. Improvements to the Deployment Workbench driver import... [Lire la suite]

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 version bêta est disponible en téléchargement. Il doit aider les entreprises à évaluer leurs installations informatiques en vue d’une migration vers Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 et d’autres nouveautés de la marque. Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) est une plate-forme d'analyse que Microsoft met à disposition des entreprises pour qu'elles puissent évaluer leur parc informatique (serveurs, PC et portables, périphériques et logiciels) afin de connaître leur compatibilité avec les... [Lire la suite]

Depuis quelques jours il est possible de se préinscrire au programme Beta de System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 R2 sur le site dédié Microsoft Connect. Cette troisième vague de SCVMM (après l’édition 2007 & 2008) permettra notamment la prise en charge d’Hyper-V 2.0 inclue dans Windows Server 2008 R2 prévu pour fin 2009 début 2010. SCVMM 2008 R2 est très attendu par les clients car il permettra de faire sauter la limite actuelle de 1 LUN par VM lors de la configuration en Cluster. Mais ce n’est pas tout... [Lire la suite]

http://blogs.technet.com/mdop/archive/2009/02/26/get-your-applications-virtualized-on-windows-7-beta-with-microsoft-app-v.aspx We’ve been listening to customers who want to see us support Windows 7 early so they can move ahead with their application testing in preparation for their enterprise deployments. Today, we are pleased to announce the immediate availability of App-V 4.5 CU1 for the Windows 7 Beta. .... we are also pleased to announce that engineering of the next App-V release is progressing well, and we will be... [Lire la suite]