2012-1
27

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 Beta 2

Category: MDT, MDT 2012 | No Comments

MDT’s new features and enhancements make large-scale desktop and server deployments smoother than ever!

Beta 2 of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 is now available for download! New features and enhancements make large-scale desktop and server deployments smoother than ever! For System Center Configuration Manager customers, MDT 2012 Beta 2 provides an improved, extensible wizard and designer for customizing deployment questions. MDT 2012 makes full use of the capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment. MDT 2012 integrates with configuration templates from the Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool to ensure a secure Windows installation from the beginning of the deployment. Download the latest version of MDT and improve your deployment experience. Existing MDT users will find more reliability and flexibility with the many small enhancements and bug fixes and a smooth and simple upgrade process.

Key Benefits:

  • Fully leverages the capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment.
  • Improved Lite Touch user experience and functionality.
  • A smooth and simple upgrade process for all existing MDT users.
  • IsOnBattery. This will be set to true if the machine is currently running using a battery with no AC power. This can be useful in any deployment – you really don’t want a computer to turn off because the battery went dead during a deployment.
  • VMHost. When a virtual machine is running on a Hyper-V server and has the Hyper-V integration components installed, we can determine the name of the Hyper-V server (the VM host) that the VM is running on.
  • VMName. This also comes from the Hyper-V integration components, telling us the name of the virtual machine in Hyper-V, which might be different than the “computer name” (the name given to the OS) of the VM.

We also made a few other related changes:

  • The “Make” property now detects Xen, in addition to the the other platforms that could be detected in MDT 2010 Update 1 (Hyper-V, VMWare, VirtualBox).
  • We fixed the “SMSDP” property, so it should now always return a valid server name for the ConfigMgr distribution point that the boot image associated with the task sequence came from. (The task sequence doesn’t have a distribution point, so we had to pick a package that each task sequence should have.)
  • We changed the “OSVersion” property so that it doesn’t generate an error on unknown OSes (e.g. Windows 8). We don’t plan to add new OSes to the list set by this function, so consider this variable to be “functionally stabilized” and “obsolete”. It would be better to use OSCurrentVersion or OSCurrentBuild (maybe combined with IsServerOS) instead.
  • We added progress reporting (which works with Lite Touch and ConfigMgr deployments) so that you can see what ZTIGather is doing during the process. This will be especially useful when you are doing database queries: you’ll be able to see which ones are taking too long
2012-1
26

Twents Woordenboek

Category: Twents Woordenboek | No Comments


Twents woordenboek op je PC

  Dit zijn gewoon standaard woordjes en zinnetjes die je nodig hebt als je in Twente bent.

Algemeen

Ja

Joa

Nee

Joa, joa

Misschien

Och joa

Nee, ik peins er niet over.

Ik zal ‘t nog wa’s bekieke’n

Begroetingen

Goedemorgen

Moj’n

Goedemiddag

Moj’n

Goedenavond

Moj’n

Welterusten

Tot mor’n

Tot ziens

Tjow

Houd het een beetje rustig

Loat oe nich ankokk’n

Hoe gaat het met u?

Hoe hej’t d’r met

Dank u, uitstekend

Och, geet wa

Aangenaam kennis met u te maken

Woar bin ie d’r een van?

Mijn naam is Janssen

Ik bin van Janss’n Hennik

In hotel, cafe en restaurant

Wij willen graag een 2-persoonskamer

Ik wol hier geern sloap’n en de vrouw ok

Kunt u onze bagage naar boven brengen?

Kun ie oons den pröttel efkes achter de deur smiet’n?

Nee dank u, een kamer met bad is niet nodig

Zoaterdag bi’w weer in ‘t hoes

Klachten en vragen

De centrale verwarming is defect

Na warm hej’t hier nich

Het is hier bloedheet

Ie heb’t hier good dooi

Het toilet doet het niet, het is waarschijnlijk bevroren

‘k Weet nich o’j ‘t weet, moar ‘t vrös oe op ‘n emm

Waar kan ik de stofzuiger vinden?

Woar he’j hier de huulbessem?

Kunt u voor een lunchpakket zorgen?

Ku’j mie wat stoet in toet’n doon?

Mag ik even telefoneren?

Ik wol wa geern de kuierdroad gebruuk’n

Heeft u misschien nog een lepeltje?

Heb ie nog een reuriezer?

En nu komen er zinnetjes die je bij een vergadering nodig hebt in het Twents. Je kunt zien dat deze zinnetjes veel korter zijn. Zo duren de vergaderingen korter dan in het gewoon Nederlands. Dus we gaan alle vergaderingen nu in het Twents houden!

Ik verklaar bij dezen de vergadering voor geopend:
Wakker wordn

Bent u vandaag de notulist?:
Schrief ie?

Ik denk niet dat deze opmerking significant bijdraagt aan het gespreksonderwerp:
Kwats!

Ik zou u graag uitnodigen voor een gesprek onder vier ogen:
Goaj’ met noar buut’n?

Uw lijn van redeneren lijkt mij van iedere logica gespeend:
Goa toch hèn

Dan wordt nu de koffie geserveerd:
Wat, gin bier???

Bidden in de Twentse sproak: Het Weesgegroet MARIA
Goeiendag Maria.
Völ heil en zegen
De Heer mag Oe lien
Van alle vrouwleu hef He Oe zeagent
En zeagent is Jezus, het Keend wal dreagt
Heilige Maria, God zien Moo
Bid veur oons zeunders
Noe en in ‘tied van oons stearven.
Amen

  • Ik hoop niet dat u problemen met mijn functioneren heeft:
    Haj’ wat?

  • Uw voorstel lijkt mij voor dit bedrijf geen resultaten op te leveren:
    Ie bint nie wies.

  • Kunt u uw medewerkers op deze nieuwe regel attenderen?
    Zeg die leues an

  • Hetgeen u mij zojuist meedeelde, was mij niet geheel duidelijk:
    Hè?

  • Excuseer, ik moet even een telefoontje plegen:
    Em beln.

  • Dan is het nu tijd voor de rondvraag:
    Haj’ nog wat?

  • De vergadering is bij dezen be-eindigd:
    Wie goat noar huus


    • Dit is een alfabet van het de Twentse taal. Bij elke letter in het alfabet staat een Twents woord achter. Met de Nederlandse vertaling erachter.
    A = Aprilbleumke (madeliefje)                                    O = Onmeunig (heel veel)
    B = Belmundig (kwaad)                                              P = Pinnensnieder (gierigaard)
    C = Ceerkelmeajer (grasmaaimachine)                        Q = QQleQ (wekker op het platteland (geluid van haan))
    D = Döl (gek)                                                             R = Ruggenstraanken (ruggegraat)
    E = Ekkelbrommer (meikever)                                    S = Siepel (ui)
    F = Fluutpiepenhoalt (lijsterbeshout)                            T = Tuffel (aardappel)
    G = Gleunig (heet)                                                      U = Umschichtig (beurtelings)
    H = Hoeskunnig (vertrouwd)                                      V = Voel ei (bedorven ei)
    I = Inschrien (vakje in klerenkist)                                W = Weendbuul (opschepper)
    J = Jepsen (grappen maken)                                        X = X-been
    K = Klöaten (mislukken)                                            Y = Yoga-leu (mensen die de boel op z’n kop zetten)
    L = Leppelblad (schouderblad)                                   Z = Zoeplappenploag (delirium)
    M = Moodersproak (eigen taal)
    N = Noaberschop (omgeving)

    Wil je meer twents :http://members.home.nl/dialexicon/oph.htm 

    2012-1
    25

    Security Compliance Manager 2.5 Beta

    Category: Security Compliance Manager, Security Compliance Manager 2.5 | No Comments

    The Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool—version 2.5—is now available for beta download

    NEW baselines include:
    •Exchange Server 2007 SP3 Security Baseline
    •Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Security Baseline

    Updated client product baselines include:
    •Windows 7 SP1 Security Compliance Baseline
    •Windows Vista SP2 Security Compliance Baseline
    •Windows XP SP3 Security Compliance Baseline
    •Office 2010 SP1 Security Baseline
    •Internet Explorer 8 Security Compliance Baseline

    SCM 2.5 enables you to quickly configure and manage your desktops and laptops, traditional data center, and private cloud using Group Policy and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.

    Configure and manage your computers, traditional data center and private cloud with new and updated baseline configurations available with SCM 2.5 Beta. In addition to key features from the previous version, SCM 2.5 offers new Exchange Server 2010 and 2007 security baselines. Updated SCM2 client product baselines are included in the Beta download as well. Beta client product baselines include Windows 7 SP1, Windows Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3, Microsoft Office 2010 SP1, and Internet Explorer 8.

    KeyFeatures in SCM 2.5 include:

    • Integration with the System Center 2012 IT GRC Process Pack for Service Manager-Beta:Product baseline configurations are integrated into the IT GRC Process Pack to provide oversight and reporting of your compliance activities.
    • Gold master support: Import and take advantage of your existing Group Policy or create a snapshot of a reference machine to kick-start your project.
    • Configure stand-alone machines: Deploy your configurations to non-domain joined computers using the new GPO Pack feature.
    • Updated security guidance: Take advantage of the deep security expertise and best practices in the updated security guides, and the attack surface reference workbooks to help reduce the security risks that you consider to be the most important.
    • Compare against industry best practices: Analyze your configurations against prebuilt baselines for the latest Windows client and server operating systems.

    SCM2 tool released in September 2011 with a full complement of Microsoft product baselines, including Windows Internet Explorer 9, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP2. As well as new features such as GPO import, baseline setting customization, Local GPO functionality, enhanced UI and improved installation with SQL Server 2005 and later releases of SQL Server.

    To learn more about the Security Compliance Manager tool, visit the TechNet Library page  Microsoft.com .

    Next Steps

    2012-1
    24

    How to File Sharing in Windows 2008R2 Sp1 Cluster

    Category: Windows 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 2008 R2 SP1 File Cluster, Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Fileshare | No Comments

    Lately I see a lot of issues with file sharing in clusters. Wrong connections ,DNS,Share mistakes etc.

    This is a how to file share in Windows 2008R2 Clustering.

    I assume that you have already a cluster if not see my blog on how to setup a Windows cluster ( R2 or 8 ).

    How do we start : startup your failover cluster manager.

    Next step Will be configure a service or application

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    Then we select the file server option and Remember this option needs to be available on every node that will hold the file share. If you do not have the Role selected go to roles and select the fileserver option along with the options you want. In my case I select almost all the options so extra options will show up in the configuration.

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    Now that we have selected the Role and we are giving this fileserver a netbios name and an static IP and a Disk that hold the files / shares/

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    Now that the file server is completed but the disk is not showing any shares. We are making shares on this disk along with several other options.

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    In the failover cluster manger go to the file server and right click add shared folder. this opens a new Wizard

     

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    Give your folder a share name and choose if you want to set extra permissions on NTFS.

    You can do this also later.

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    During to role selection I did also select the DFS and NFS so in the screen are more options this way you can see what options there are if you use this role. remember there is a advanced button. most of you are forgetting this and ask them where to set this option. Well here :

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    In the advanced option you can set the max users and enable access based enumeration in the next screen you can select no caching for offline folders ( I don’t like this ) so I turn this off

    and give access to admins or users. I do not have a DFS in place so I leave this screen empty

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    So then it is ready the files are in place , the share is created and I did use ABE

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    In the file server you can set a lot off extra options and also see the properties for this share.

    On windows 8 it is almost the same as you can see in my next blog post.

    2012-1
    6

    MAP Toolkit saturates low-bandwidth networks or causes the machine running MAP to reboot

    Category: MAP, MAP 6.0, MAP 6.5, MAP Toolkit | No Comments

    Source:  Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit Team Blog

    Symptom/Cause:
    MAP creates a worker thread to request information from a target machine. The number of simultaneous worker threads created is dependent on CPU and Memory availability, but MAP has a cap that prevents it from maxing out a CPU and will throttle itself if it exceeds that cap. If MAP is installed on a machine with a lot of resources, it is possible for MAP to reach the maximum thread count of 300 for 64-bit and 200 for 32-bit. However, MAP does not track how much network bandwidth it is using and, therefore, may saturate networking resources between the machine running MAP and the target computers which can lead to the symptoms mentioned in the title.

    Workaround:
    You can use the method below to throttle MAP so it uses less system and network resources. If this workaround does not solve the problem, please email us at the address provided in the support section.

    1. Shutdown MAP if it is running
    2. Edit the %Program Files%\Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit\bin\Microsoft.AssessmentPlatform.UI.Console.exe.config file and add the following lines into the “<appSettings>” section.

    <add key="Microsoft.AssessmentPlatform.InventoryEngine.InventoryService.DefaultMaxThreadsX86" value="52" />
    <add key="Microsoft.AssessmentPlatform.InventoryEngine.InventoryService.DefaultMaxThreads" value="52" />
    <add key="Microsoft.AssessmentPlatform.InventoryEngine.InventoryService.DefaultMinThreads" value="3" />
    <add key="Microsoft.AssessmentPlatform.InventoryEngine.InventoryService.MaxThreadsLowerBound" value="2" />

    NOTES:
    The first two lines will set the maximum number of machines to inventory at the same time. You can adjust the maximum value up or down as needed to maximize the performance while maintaining system stability. Changing these values may increase the inventory time.
    The third line sets the minimum number of threads that MAP will use, changing this value is NOT recommended.

    2012-1
    3

    Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM 2) tool

    Category: Security, Security Compliance Manager, Security Compliance Manager 2 | No Comments

    Secure Client Computers with updated SCM 2 Client Baselines—Beta now available for download

    Available beta baselines are:

    • Windows 7 SP1 Security Compliance Baseline
    • Windows Vista SP2 Security Compliance Baseline
    • Windows XP SP3 Security Compliance Baseline
    • Office 2010 SP1 Security Baseline
    • Internet Explorer 8 Security Compliance Baseline

    SCM 2 enables you to quickly configure and manage your desktops and laptops, traditional data center, and private cloud using Group Policy and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.

    SCM 2 is a free tool from the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team that enables you to quickly configure and manage your computers, traditional data center, and private cloud using Group Policy and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.

    Key features in SCM 2 include:

    • Integration with the System Center 2012 IT GRC Process Pack for Service Manager-Beta :P roduct configurations are integrated into the IT GRC Process Pack to provide oversight and reporting of your compliance activities.

    • Gold master support: Import andtake advantage of your existing Group Policy or create a snapshot of a reference machine to kick-start your project.

    • Configure stand-alone machines: Deploy your configurations to non-domain joined computers using the new GPO Pack feature.

    • Updated security guidance: Take advantage of the deep security expertise and best practices in the updated security guides, and the attack surface reference workbooks to help reduce the security risks that you consider to be the most important.

    • Compare against industry best practices: Analyze your configurations against prebuilt baselines for the latest Windows client and server operating systems.

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    SCM 2 released with the a full complement of Microsoft product baselines, including Windows Internet Explorer 9, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP2.

    Also the security guides are also in the download.

     

    Get SCM2 from the Microsoft Download Center. Click here to download the latest version of the tool.

    Security and Compliance Baselines

    In addition to the previously released security baselines, the SCM 2 includes a new Windows Internet Explorer 9 Security Baseline, and updated versions of the security and compliance baselines for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP2.

    These new beta baselines provide:

    • Setting severity ratings, allowing you to quickly sort, prioritize, and apply Microsoft security recommendations.
    • Consolidated product baselines that eliminate EC and SSLF baseline components, and make viewing, customizing, and implementing your security baselines easier than ever!
    • New compliance-based settings groups allow quicker and easier compliance reporting and audit preparation, when used with theGRC management solution within System Center.