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Rapid Provisioning Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Hyper-V hosts using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) – Part 1

by Dane Young, MBA | Feb 10, 2014 | Microsoft

Don’t miss the YouTube video with the results at the bottom! Over the last several years, I’ve been deploying a LOT of Hyper-V. As a long-time VMware fan, I have to admit, System Center and Hyper-V are sorely lacking in my opinion when it comes to Host...

Windows 8.1 VDI Desktop from Microsoft Xbox One, Courtesy of VMware Horizon View and Blast HTML5!

by Dane Young, MBA | Jan 31, 2014 | Citrix, Microsoft, VMware

HTML5 is the way of the future! With HTML5 based web clients and the fact that every modern browser is HTML5 aware, the possibilities for form factors, price points and device flexibility is limitless.  Below is my Microsoft Xbox One, using the Internet Explorer...

Deploying Generation 2 (Gen2) Virtual Machines from SCVMM 2012 R2 Templates Fails with Error (23352)

by Dane Young, MBA | Dec 14, 2013 | Microsoft

Trying to deploy Generation 2 (Gen2) Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machines from System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) templates over the weekend, I found consistent failures with Error (23352): Error (23352) VMM cannot find the device or this device is not...

Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V MDT 2013 Deployment Comparing Gen1 to Gen2 Legacy/Synthetic Network Boot

by Dane Young, MBA | Nov 9, 2013 | Microsoft

Having fun on a Saturday, recorded this nice benchmark showing the improvements booting from the network between Hyper-V Gen1 VMs w/Legacy vs. Gen2 VMs w/Synthetic. For more details, check out Aidan’s blog (http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=14913) or Technet for more...

Installing and Configuring Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 on Windows Server 2012 R2

by Dane Young, MBA | Oct 27, 2013 | Microsoft

Last week I gave a presentation at the local Citrix Users Group in Santa Clara on Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 and Windows Server 2012 R2.  During the session, I had a 20 minute demo where I went through the basic installation and configuration of MDT...

Bay Area Citrix Users Group October 23rd Presentation – Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Primer!

by Dane Young, MBA | Oct 24, 2013 | Citrix, Microsoft

I was recently asked to give a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Primer at the Bay Area Citrix Users Group (http://www.meetup.com/baycug). Below are the images from the slide deck along with a YouTube upload of the recorded server deployment demo!  Enjoy!! Click...
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