You're reading from Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Take a deep dive into the world of Windows desktop deployment using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781782172499

Length 330 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

MDT

Concepts

Servers

Authors (2):

Jeff Stokes

Manuel Singer

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support

1. Imaging Concepts and Theory FREE CHAPTER

Imaging history
Imaging concepts
Imaging tools
Setup
Summary

2. Setting Up Your Environment

Setting up MDT for the first time
Exploring the completed reference share
Updating up the deployment share
Importing an OS
Importing Hyper-V drivers
Importing patches
Adding applications to our reference image
Summary

3. Creating Reference Images

Creating a reference image in the management console
Sysprep run supportability
Boot media for the reference task sequence
Summary

4. Default User Profile Customization

Customizing the image
Summary

5. CustomSettings.ini and Task Sequence

The structure of the CustomSettings.ini file
CustomSettings.ini and the Unattend.xml file
Summary

6. Drivers

Understanding offline servicing
The MDT method of driver detection and injection
Populating the Out-of-Box Drivers node of MDT
Utilizing model variable to control what drivers are installed
Drivers as applications
Win PE drivers
Summary

7. Image Deployment

Reference image deployment
Virtual machine creation
Deployment
Deployment share
Deployment scenarios and network considerations
Summary

8. USMT – The User State Migration Tool

History
Supported scenarios and minimum requirements
What USMT will migrate and won't migrate
Where to download
How USMT works
ScanState and LoadState syntax
UsmtUtils tool
Customization of XML files
Migration options
Best practices
Troubleshooting USMT
GUI wrappers for USMT
Summary

9. Troubleshooting Deployment Logs

Delving into Windows logs
Microsoft deployment toolkit logs and task sequencer logs
Common errors and frequent pitfalls
Summary

10. Validating the Image

Driver Verifier
Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows Assessment Toolkit
Summary

11. Database, UserExit Scripts, and Web Services

MDT Configuration Database step by step
UserExit script
Web services
Summary

A. Additional Enterprise Configuration Items

Reference VM configuration
Securing the MDT process
Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer

Who this book is for

This book is for IT professionals who want to take a deeper look into imaging techniques and setting up a MDT 2013 environment.

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