Unleash the Power of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Required Slide SESSION CODE: WCL403 Unleash the Power of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 A quick introduction What is MDT 2010? A free solution accelerator, available for download from http://www.microsoft.com/mdt Provides pre-tested and easy-to-use tools, as well as guidance and best practices, for Windows deployment projects Simplifies Windows deployment What’s new? MDT 2010 Update 1 Beta is now available! Sign up via http://connect.microsoft.com/, found under “Solution Accelerators”, Microsoft Deployment Connection program

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 A quick introduction How do we take it from out-of-the-box “it just works” to “it does exactly what I need”? There are many opportunities for customization We can incrementally tweak many different things Scripts, wizards, rules, task sequences, database, web services, etc. Let’s walk through a scenario

Phase 1: The Basics of Lite Touch Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Phase 1: The Basics of Lite Touch Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation DEMO © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Phase 1: The Basics of Lite Touch Recap See the “Quick Start Guide for Lite Touch Installation” section of the help file to help get everything set up Additional resources: Windows 7 Essential Guidance: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ee2a1d38-88a9-43b3-95bc-7e962f0b6030 Springboard on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd361745.aspx TechNet Edge: http://edge.technet.com/Tags/Microsoft+Deployment+Toolkit/ http://www.deploymentcd.com/ and http://www.deploymentfundamentals.com/ Desktop Deployment Planning Services: http://www.microsoftddps.com

Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Phase 2: The Rules Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation DEMO © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Phase 2: The Rules Recap See the “Toolkit Reference” section of the help file for a complete list of task sequence variables used by MDT See the “Fully Automated LTI Deployment for an Upgrade Computer Scenario” section of the help file for the variables that need to be set to run a fully-automated Lite Touch installation See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632442.aspx for a list of those used with ConfigMgr 2007 (many of which are the same as MDT) Sample user exits: http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2009/07/17/querying-the-mdt-database-using-a-custom-model.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2009/09/10/using-and-extending-model-aliases-for-hardware-specific-application-installation.aspx

DEMO Phase 3: The Database Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Phase 3: The Database Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation DEMO © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Phase 3: The Database Recap See the “Creating a New MDT DB or Connecting to an Existing MDT DB” section of the help file to help get everything set up Some examples: MDT web front end: http://mdtwebfrontend.codeplex.com/ http://deployment.xtremeconsulting.com/2009/11/24/understanding-the-mdt-configuration-database-part-1/

DEMO Phase 4: Web Services Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Phase 4: Web Services Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation DEMO © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Phase 4: Web Services Recap See the “Quick Start Guide for Lite Touch Installation” section of the help file to help get everything set up Samples: Using the MDT database from a web service without writing code: http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/archive/2009/10/27/using-the-mdt-database-from-a-web-service-without-writing-code.aspx RIS-style computer naming: http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/archive/2009/12/06/ris-style-naming-with-mdt-2010-use-a-web-service.aspx

DEMO Phase 5: Custom Scripts Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Phase 5: Custom Scripts Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation DEMO © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Phase 5: Custom Scripts Recap Leverage the MDT scripting framework for your own scripts: Create a WSF script file Include MDT library scripts: ZTIUtility.vbs, ZTIDataAccess.vbs, ZTIConfigFile.vbs, ZTIBCDUtility.vbs, ZTINicUtility.vbs, ZTIDiskUtility.vbs Add your own VBScript logic PowerShell can also be used http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2009/09/22/running-powershell-scripts-as-part-of-a-task-sequence.aspx

Phase 6: Wizard Customization Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Phase 6: Wizard Customization Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation DEMO © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Phase 6: Wizard Customization Recap Use the Wizard Editor to help with the mechanics http://www.codeplex.com/MDTWizardEditor See some samples: Role selection wizard: http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/archive/2009/10/28/mdt-2010-wizard-example-role-selection.aspx Partition selection wizard: http://deployment.xtremeconsulting.com/2009/10/30/custom-wizard-pages/

Phase 7: The Basics of ConfigMgr OSD Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Phase 7: The Basics of ConfigMgr OSD Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation DEMO © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Phase 7: The Basics of ConfigMgr OSD Recap See the “Quick Start Guide for Configuration Manager 2007” section of the help file to help get everything set up

Phase 8: Stored Procedures Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM Phase 8: Stored Procedures Michael Niehaus Senior Software Development Engineer Microsoft Corporation DEMO © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Phase 8: Stored Procedures Recap See the “Deploying Applications Based on Earlier Application Versions” section of the help file to help get everything set up Quick summary: Edit stored procedure Populate mapping table Add rule to call stored procedure

Finally Participate in the community: Get help: Check out the blogs: 9/12/2018 Finally Participate in the community: http://connect.microsoft.com to submit bugs and feedback TechNet Forum for MDT at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/mdt for questions MDT-OSD and MSSMS mailing lists hosted by http://www.myitforum.com Get help: Microsoft Customer Support Services and Premier Support Microsoft Consulting Services and other partners Free consulting through http://www.microsoftddps.com Check out the blogs: http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys Q&A © 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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Tech Ed North America 2010 9/12/2018 12:51 AM © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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