Advanced Windows 7 Deployment with MDT 2010

1. Advanced Windows 7 Deployment with MDT 2010 Name Title Microsoft Corporation

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

3. 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 What is the Configuration Database?

4. 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 How Does the Configuration Database Work?

5. 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 Methods-Based Deployment

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

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

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

9. 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 Configuration Database Methods – Grouping Computers

10. Grouping Computers for Deployment

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

12. 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 Configuring CustomSettings.ini for Database Queries

13. 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 CustomSettings.ini

14. 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

15. 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

16. Wizards • Modify the wizards we provide • Add additional panes • http://www.codeplex.com/MDTWizardEditor MDT 2010Opportunities for customization • Scripts • Create your own scripts that leverage the framework • Modify the scripts we provide • Rules • Edit CustomSettings.ini and Bootstrap.ini • Query databases, web services • Task sequences • Add additional steps • Modify existing steps, conditions

17. Lab – MDT Advanced Scenarios • In this lab, you will: • Create the Configuration Database • Create Role methods in the database • Configure Location, Make and Model and Computer methods in the database • Associate a deployment point with the Configuration Database • Review how the properties assigned in the database methods are applied in a Refresh Scenario • Create a linked deployment point and migrate deployment assets • Customize the Deployment Wizard with a new pane • Create a custom script to add a user to the local administrators group on the target computer • Create an application to add a user to the local administrators group on the target computer

18. Virtual Environment Overview • Virtual Machines: • ADV_SEA-DC-01 • ADV_SEA-XP-01 • Estimated Time: 60 minutes

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