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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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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

Boot media for the reference task sequence

Boot media is created when the reference share is right-clicked and you select Update Deployment Share.

This action runs a PowerShell script to update the WinPE share. This action is known as UpdateDP:

Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment 
  Toolkit\bin\MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit.psd1"
New-PSDrive -Name "DS001" -PSProvider MDTProvider -Root 
  "C:\ReferenceShare"
update-MDTDeploymentShare -path "DS001:" –Verbose

This script updates the boot directory with a WIM and ISO media for easy use in a VM-boot scenario or the creation of USB stick media.

Note

Windows 10

All the concepts shown in this chapter are still valid for Windows 10, but pay attention to the following points:

  • If you plan to create a Windows 10 image used for inplace upgrade, only pure OS, features on demand, and patches are allowed. Do not add any applications to an inplace upgrade Image.
  • For a normal wipe and reload...
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