Monthly Archives: September 2010

using vNext in a LAB Part 3. Additional Configuration

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext. In Part 2., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. Now we will install the Reporting Point Role. Perform … Continue reading

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Customising Windows 7 deployments – part 3. customising and changing power management using PowerCfg

Imagine the scenario, you deploy some Windows 7 laptops but receive feedback from the users that they don’t like the power management default settings, to get around this you could use Group Policy or if that’s not possible due to … Continue reading

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Using vNext in a LAB. Part 2, Configuration.

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext, now we will configure it. If you have used Configuration Manager 2007 before you’ll know that we need to use Boundaries. You need boundaries or the clients will not find the … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB Part 1. Installation

This guide is for a beta product, namely vNext Beta 1. You might be wondering why I’m installing it from scratch and not using the VHD provided by Microsoft, the reason why is because I want to experience everything that … Continue reading

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