Archive for category MDT
MDT 2010: UDI – User driven installation
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 01/07/2010
MDT 2010: Properties that are available
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 25/06/2010
Here is a .PDF with all the properties that are available for LTI and ZTI deployments in MDT 2010
Enjoy …
MDT 2010: Custom tools I use
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 16/06/2010
Two tools that I use when working with MDT 2010 are MDT 2010 Application ordering and MDT 2010 Export & share MDT Applications
Using the MDT 2010 Application ordering tools I’m able to sort the applications after adding new applications to a running environment (Call me a control freak)
Using the MDT 2010 Export & share MDT Applications tool I’m able to export applications. This is very useful for me as I usually use the ‘Application without source files or elsewhere on the network’ option when creating a new application
The tools will export the install command, working directory, supported platform and dependencies to a PS script … SWEEET
Both tools are writing by Keith Garner of Xtreme Consulting Group
MDT 2010: Driver injections
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 03/06/2010
For driver injections I use Xtreme Deployment‘s Hybrid Make-Model + PnPID Match Solution
Taken from here
When doing deployments without a database I have a specific .ini for each hardware type
In the Gather local only step I specify CS-Desktop-Laptop.ini for Windows XP and Windows 7 deployments + CS-Server.ini for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 deployments
Within CS-Desktop-Laptop.ini I have these values:
[TaskSequence-XP-X86-001]
LanguageGroup=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409
SkipTimeZone=Yes
TimeZone=105
TimeZoneName=W. Europe Standard Time
DriverGroups001=Common\XP\%ARCHITECTURE%
DriverGroups002=%Make%\Common\XP\%ARCHITECTURE%
DriverGroups003=%Make%\%Model%\XP\%ARCHITECTURE%
DriverSelectionProfile=Nothing
Within CS-Server.ini I have these values:
[TaskSequence-WS03-X86-001]
LanguageGroup=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17
SystemLocale=00000409
UserLocale=00000409
InputLocale=0409:00000409
SkipTimeZone=Yes
TimeZone=105
TimeZoneName=W. Europe Standard Time
DriverGroups001=Common\WS03\%ARCHITECTURE%
DriverGroups002=%Make%\Common\WS03\%ARCHITECTURE%
DriverGroups003=%Make%\%Model%\WS03\%ARCHITECTURE%
DriverSelectionProfile=Nothing
MDT 2010: Script to create the folder structure
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 01/06/2010
I just started creating a MDT kit for personal use.
My goal is to be able to setup MDT ready-for-use within minutes.
The first script is a ps script that will create my folder structure below the MDT Deployment Share. You can download the script here (Before using the script remember to edit the script and match $rootPath to your Deployment Share).
The result will look like this:
and save you from a lot of typing …
MDT 2010: Update 1 now in Beta on Connect
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 11/05/2010
efficiently manage laUpdate 1 Beta provides
Update 1 Beta provides:
- “User-Driven Installation” (UDI) deployment method that leverages Configuration Manager
- the reliability of driver installation by detecting a driver’s true supported platform
- and large-scale deployments of Office 2010
Signup and grab it here
MDT 2010: New (deployment) book from TrueSec
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 05/05/2010
Johan Arwidmark and Mikael Nyström has written a book on Windows deployment using MDT 2010 (LTI) and WDS.
If I was new to MDT and Windows (7) deployments, then I would definitely buy this book.
Buy it here and support some true MVP’s
MDT: MDT Web FrontEnd Version 1.0 released
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 02/03/2010
Maik Koster has released MDT Web FrontEnd v.1.0.
If you are using MDT, then goto Codeplex and check up on Maik’s Web FrontEnd … it’s awesome!
MDT 2010: MDT Buildout
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010 on 17/11/2009
What is the Deployment Team from Xtreme Consulting Services up to?
Check out this post. When released this framework should build you a complete (within a Hyper-V guest) deployment platform based on MDT 2010.
I’ve just downloaded the MDTBuildout.zip and extracted it – good ideas there and scripts to build on (Check out the download link … a new site to keep an eye on?)
Thumbs up to Keith Garner and the team for the idea and code
MDT 2010: Win7 and that pesky System Partition
Posted by Lars Krogh in MDT 2010, Tips and Tricks MDT on 06/11/2009
A great MDT 2010 hint taken from XTREME Consulting’s blog (posted here):
If you have installed Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 through either the Windows media or MDT then you have noticed that a 100 – 300 MB system partition is created that is hidden when you finish in the final operating system (well it is not really hidden, it just doesn’t have a drive letter).
The Microsoft Windows team made that decision so that bitlocker could easily be enabled at a later time without having to repartition the disks. However if you don’t ever plan on enabling Bitlocker on your Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 systems you can use MDT with an extra variable in the customsettings.ini and MDT won’t create the extra partition.
The variable is: DoNotCreateExtraPartition = YES
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