Showing posts with label Windows 8. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows 8. Show all posts

Friday, 15 June 2012

New platform support in SCCM 2012 SP1

Microsoft announced this week that Service Pack 1 for SCCM 2012 would be released in Q3. In addition to the expected support for Windows 8, they've added support for Mac OS X and Linux. Yes, really.

The announcement was at TechEd America 2012, but I found out about it at the Best of MMS event in Edinburgh being run by Charteris. The Microsoft guy I spoke to confirmed that Endpoint Protection is part of this support. Yes, that's a Microsoft antimalware solution for your Mac and Linux machines!

Monday, 30 April 2012

Create a Windows 8 bootable USB drive

For those that can't find a blank DVD, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview ISOs can be put on a USB drive and made bootable using the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool. Instructions are on the Windows 8 ISO download page.

Windows 8 Consumer preview - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso
Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool - http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

You might need to enter the product key to install the preview - from the FAQ page it's DNJXJ-7XBW8-2378T-X22TX-BKG7J.