Category Archives: MDT 2013

MDT 2013 Update 1 is now available on the Microsoft Download Center

Microsoft has announced that MDT 2013 Update 1 is now available on the Microsoft Download Center. MDT 2013 Update 1 works with the Windows ADK for Windows 10 for deployment, and now supports the Windows 10 in-place upgrade scenario. Significant … Continue reading

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Windows 10 Enterprise is available to download now !

This is a short post to provide links for downloading the ISOS from MSDN. Microsoft have released Windows 10 officially today to the general public, and if you opted for the Windows Insider program you are probably already running that … Continue reading

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Updated Powershell script with June 2015 drivers for deploying the Surface Pro 3 with MDT 2013

On June 25th, Microsoft released another driver update for the Surface Pro 3 here. As usual, i’ve updated my PowerShell script to allow you to deploy this awesome device using minimal effort via a MDT 2013 solution all built with … Continue reading

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Updated Powershell script with March 2015 drivers for deploying the Surface Pro 3 with MDT 2013

Microsoft has recently released new updated drivers for the Surface Pro 3 (March 2015).   Here’s a breakdown of what those drivers are, the README below describes the versions of the components found in the Surface Pro 3 cumulative firmware … Continue reading

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Updated Powershell script with January 2015 drivers for deploying the Surface Pro 3 with MDT 2013

Introduction Microsoft released new updated drivers for the Surface Pro 3 yesterday and you can read about what those driver updates contained here. Here’s a breakdown of what those driver versions are: Surface Pro UEFI update (v3.11.450.0) adds support for … Continue reading

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5 video series on deploying the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 – available now !

  I recently recorded 5 videos in Seattle with Simon May at the Microsoft recording studios on the subject of deploying the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 using Configuration Manager 2012 R2 and MDT 2013 and going into details about UEFI … Continue reading

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Updated Powershell script with November drivers for deploying the Surface Pro 3 with MDT 2013

Yesterday Microsoft released updated drivers for the Surface Pro 3 on their website, I blogged about it here.     I’ve updated the PowerShell script from this post to pull the new drivers and an additional MSU update which was … Continue reading

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New Surface Pro 3 drivers are available today for November 2014

Introduction Having the latest drivers for your Surface Pro 3 is a good idea, particularly if you are experiencing issues that may be resolved with the driver updates. If you’ve followed my guides for deploying the Surface Pro 3 (linked … Continue reading

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How can I deploy Windows 8.1 x64 to the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 using MDT 2013 ?

Introduction In a previous post I showed you how you can deploy Windows 8.1 x64 to the Microsoft Surface Pro using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.   In this post I’ll show you how to do the same thing … Continue reading

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How can I increase the SMSTS.Log file size for PXE based OS Deployments using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

Introduction I’ve seen a lot of questions about how you can increase the log file size for PXE based Operating System Deployments using System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager so hopefully the 2 different methods below will clear things up. … Continue reading

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How can I dynamically deploy multiple operating systems with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

Introduction Traditionally you deploy one operating system per task sequence but there are times when you might want to deploy more than operating system in the same task sequence. There are a variety of ways of doing this, for example … Continue reading

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Microsoft releases Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355), how does it impact System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and MDT 2013 ?

Introduction Microsoft have released Windows 8.1 update and a corresponding version of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) for Windows 8.1 Update. This new version of the ADK was released to support the new update to Windows 8.1 … Continue reading

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