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Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
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ISBN-13 9781782172499
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jeff Stokes Jeff Stokes
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Imaging Concepts and Theory FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Your Environment 3. Creating Reference Images 4. Default User Profile Customization 5. CustomSettings.ini and Task Sequence 6. Drivers 7. Image Deployment 8. USMT – The User State Migration Tool 9. Troubleshooting Deployment Logs 10. Validating the Image 11. Database, UserExit Scripts, and Web Services A. Additional Enterprise Configuration Items

Chapter 6. Drivers

In the previous chapter, we discussed the CustomSettings.ini file as it relates to Unattend.xml, what it does, how it works, and how to use it for your environment. We discussed that not only can we define global rules that apply to all task sequences, but we can also take advantage of variables to perform condition-based actions based on things such as hardware type, model, default gateway, or any variables that MDT defines during the gather phase, or even your own custom variables that you have created. These concepts are very important in our next topic of driver management.

In this chapter, we will discuss how to utilize MDT to make the complex world of device drivers into a much more manageable experience. We will focus on how drivers get installed via MDT, how to specifically control which drivers get installed, and general best practices around proper driver management.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

  • Understanding offline servicing
  • The...
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