Modena

What does the user see when running an OS Deployment with “Modena”?

by

As a follow-up on my previous post about User Driven OS Deployment with “Modena”, I will show in this post what a user sees during a OS Deployment with Modena. Why am I writing this post? Well… because I got a lot of questions about this and for some reason not everybody has the time (like I still have) to test this their self… Under here are all the different pages the user can see during the OSD Wizard. All these pages are editable with the ModenaDesigner. For how to change these pages, take a look at the links provided in my previous post. Welcome Page Preflight Page Computer Page User Config Language Page Volume Page Application Page Summary Page During the actual installation and …

Read more

User Driven OS Deployment with “Modena”

by

It took a while but this weekend it was finally time for some testing of, what’s code-named, “Modena”. Modena is a tool, developed by Microsoft IT, that enables the ability of an End-User Experience by using a powerful OSD Wizard. When you are searching for a way to get your users “involved” in an OS Deployment, then I would recommend you to take a look at Modena. The OSD Wizard of Modena (see picture) can be changed in a lot of different way’s. As an administrator you can select which settings can be done by a user and which are pre-set. By these customizable settings you can think about things like computername, domain, local administrators, language, time, image, backup (via USMT 4.0) and the applications. …

Read more