West Region TechNet Presents: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (Delivered September, 2010)

1. Advanced Deployment Scenarios Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Harold Wong blogs.technet.com/haroldwong Mike Terrill mike.terrill@1e.com

2. Agenda Understanding and Using the Configuration Database Understanding Linked Deployment Shares Understanding Selection Profiles MDT 2010 Customization

3. Before We Get Started…. Let’s See What a MDT 2010 Deployment Looks Like Without Customizations…

4. Review the Available Options in the Deployment Workbench Review the Options in CustomSettings.ini Review the Options Available in the Windows Deployment Wizard

5. What is the Configuration Database? Extension of Deployment Workbench Extended infrastructure not required Manually initiated Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) as a method Automatically configure deployment targets Draw from deployment resources as available Enhance LTI functionality

6. How Does the Configuration Database Work? Abstraction through database methods Logical extension of the CustomSettings.ini file Centralized storage of configuration settings in a relational database Automates and extends the Microsoft Deployment Wizard All information is gathered up front “Pull” process Automation Bootstrap.ini CustomSettings.ini

7. Create and Explore the Configuration Database Create Configuration Database View Database

8. Methods-Based Deployment The goal: Dynamically determine the deployment characteristics for each target computer The process: Gather information from the computer and its location Use that information to decide what needs to be done, either statically or using database queries Results control actions performed by the task sequence engine

9. Configuration Database - Supported Target Information Properties Settings Applications Packages Administrator-level accounts Roles

10. Configuration Database - Supported Methods Database Methods Roles Computers Locations Make and Model

11. Configuration Database Methods - Roles Fully configurable to take definition from user tasks Assignable to other database methods Associate the following: Properties Settings Applications Packages Administrator-level Accounts

12. Configuration Database Methods – Grouping Computers Locations of target groups of computers Uses default gateway on which the request comes in to identify groups of computers Make and Model targets groups of computers Based on the WMI values for Manufacturer and Model Associate Properties Settings, Applications, Packages, Administrator-level Accounts, and Roles

13. Configuring Role Methods in the Configuration Database Add a Role to Refresh a Target Computer Add a Role to Deploy an Application From the Deployment Workbench

14. Grouping Computers for Deployment

15. Targeting Individual Computers Computers target specific computers Uses Asset Tag, UUID, Serial Number, or MAC Address Associate Properties Settings, Applications, Packages, Administrator-level Accounts, and Roles

16. Configuring Other Methods in the Configuration Database Add a Location method to define attributes based on the location of the target computer Add a Make and Model method to add an application based on the hardware configuration of the target computer Add a Computers method to configure settings based on MAC Address.

17. Configuring CustomSettings.ini for Database Queries After populating the configuration database, update CustomSettings.ini to perform the appropriate database queries Run the Configure DB Wizard for each deployment point The optional sections are used to assign configuration settings to individual or groups of computers

18. CustomSettings.ini Priority reserved property The Priority reserved property determines the sequence and section of where to find configuration values Each section is searched in the order specified When a property value is found, the remaining sections are not used for that property Values are the configuration settings assigned to the properties Preceded by an equal sign (“=”). The scripts scan the CustomSettings.ini file to locate the values

19. Understanding Linked Deployment Shares Allow you to replicate content between Deployment Shares Can replicate all content or a subset of content defined by a Selection Profile Useful in a distributed environment or moving from a Lab to Production Replication can be scheduled using Task Scheduler and a Powershell script

20. Understanding Selection Profiles Selection Profiles can be used to: Control what Packages and Drivers are included in Boot Images Control drivers injected in the Operating System Control what is included in media Control what is replicated to other Deployment Shares To filter what task sequences and applications are displayed in the Deployment Wizard

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