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Microsoft has had an amazing year, pushing out several builds of Windows 10 and Windows 10 Insider Previews and many other software releases such as Windows Server 2016, Configuration Manager Current Branch (and Technical Preview releases) and SQL Server 2016. All those achievements are amazing in their own right. However to the mainstream user, the Windows brand itself, embodies what Microsoft is to that user, as it's the operating system they use day in, day out. In a recent video interview with Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley, they interviewed the Chief Marketing Officer of Microsoft (Chris Capossela) about the year that just went by, and Paul posed this question (edited for clarity/brevity) When you look back at last year, and maybe from a 'more of a negative standpoint' if you will, I mean are there other regrets or things you might have done differently (I don't mean you personally)... to which Chris replied (edited for clarity) And the last one for me, purely from a marketing or branding perspective, is what Paul alluded to, which essentially was for me the uh you know the oh, getting too aggressive in pushing out of the Windows 10 free upgrade, uh and uh you know we know we want people to be running Windows 10 and from a security perspective etc, uh but finding that right balance where you are not stepping over the line of being too aggressive, uh is something we tried and for a lot of the year I think we got it right, but there was one particular moment in particular where you know the red [x] in the dialogue box which typically means, you know, cancel, uh, didn't mean cancel.... and within a couple of hours, of that hitting the world we, you know with the listening systems we have we knew, uh that we had gone too far. so there you have it, Microsoft admitted that the cancel button on the GWX dialogue went too far, and hopefully we won't see any more of that in 2017, it's good to see that a company this big and powerful, has a conscience You can review the video mentioned above here.

have you attempted to restart the SMS_Executive component, notice any difference ? are you sure the proxy details entered are correct ?

can you please try with the full version of SQL to see what it says pls

oooh and it's an Eval version, why are you using that ? maybe that is the cause of the errors ?

use this method to determine SQL server version, what does it reveal ? https://support.cch.com/kb/solution.aspx/sw1873

can you open the db mentioned using SQL Server Management Studio ?

it's the service (user) account you use to install SCCM and to be able to login to SQL Server Management Studio when you did the new pre-req check after updating SQL to the supported version is it still complaining about the SQL version ?

would you like me to do a teamviewer session with you, if so pm me your details and a time frame and i'll connect and have a look but based on your error are you sure the computer is actually in a collection (and not obsolete) that is targeted with the deployment ?

ok and the first message about 'login failed' are you using the same user account in both environments ?

well 11.0.5388.0 is somewhere between SQL Server 2012 SP2 and SP3 according to https://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.se/ your other version (test env) is using SQL Server 2012 RTM so you must update it to SP2 prior to doing the testdbupgrade

what version is your SQL server, the version needed is listed in your last screenshot

clearly something else is happening then, as it's not doing what it's supposed to, can you attach the entire smsts*.log pls

thanks for the code update and the comments, i appreciate it :-)

that comes later, the focus here was sql server 2016 on windows server 2016 with the latest Current Branch baseline installer

what error do you get ? did you add the database components to your boot images ? WinPE-MDAC

I'd recommend you use virtual machines for operating system reference image creation that way you keep it driver agnostic and it's easy to deploy the captured image to real hardware using customized Apply Driver Package steps based on wmi queries, the build and capture process is how you create a new reference image using SCCM, but you can also create a reference image using MDT, what version of SCCM do you have ? and what operating system are you trying to deploy ? the guides here will help you

hi and welcome, i'd recommend you start by looking at these two guides How can I deploy Windows 10 with MDT 2013 Update 2 integrated with System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch) How can I install Windows 10 language packs offline with an MDT Integrated Task Sequence in System Center Configuration Manager (Current Branch)

if you want it dutch by default then install using the dutch media and add the english language pack as an add on

can you post the relevant bits from your logs pls

as long as you don't change the OSDUILanguage of the operating system then you should have what you want, so just modify the solution presented above to achieve that (disable the OSDUILanguage references or set them to en-us)

what error do you get, if you press F8 and locate the SMSTS.log file in x:\windows\temp\smstslog and attach it here

It smells like snow up in Redmond-town and you know what that means? A big ole pile o’ features to keep us company during SNOWpocalyse! Microsoft this week, released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14986 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. What’s new in Build 14986Making Cortana awesomer: Turn off your computer, change volume with voice commands: Being able to control your computer with just your voice is one of the top requests we get with Cortana, so we’re excited to say that we’ve added several new features to Cortana that let you do just that. Now you can shut down your PC just by asking Cortana. You can also restart, lock, or put the system to sleep, and raise and lower your system volume with just your voice. Give it a try and let us know what you think! Cortana loves music: You can now use Cortana to control music playback on more of your favorite music apps (EN-US only). Starting with this build, we’ve enabled natural language compatibility for iHeartRadio and TuneIn Radio. This will work on both, above the lock screen (PC is locked) as well as below! You can try queries like… Play <Artist/Track/Title/Genre> on <AppName> Play Drake on iHeartRadio Play Christmas music on iHeartRadio Play NPR Hourly News on TuneIn Play jazz music on TuneIn Play <Frequency/Call Letters> on <AppName> Play 90.3 on iHeartRadio Play KUOW on TuneIn While you are listening to music in one of these apps, you can also use your voice to control playback and volume. With radio stations, we often want to know what that catchy tune is that has played a million times, so we added support for “What’s Playing”. Try saying “Hey Cortana, What song is Playing?” and it will work for all apps playing music. As a bonus, we made Cortana smarter by remembering the last played music app so you don’t have to say “on Groove” over and over. All you need to do is say your desired app one time, something like “Play jazz music on iHeartRadio”; then the next time, just say “Play rock music” and it will play on iHeartRadio. Please look for the Quest and give us feedback!

if you look at the content information for a given update see does it match your guid's in the SUM_ part of what you posted

i'm active :-)

as i said on the facebook post, add a pause https://www.windows-noob.com/forums/topic/8846-how-can-i-pause-a-task-sequence-in-system-center-2012-configuration-manager/before and after the step to see exactly what is going wrong, chances are its looking somewhere else for the file