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March 21, 2010
MDT has a built-in feature that allows you to install packages from SCCM on the fly during the Deployment process. More or less similar to installing applications from MDT . While this is great for dynamic deployments, it’s not that easy to use as you have to define the package with it’s package id and the program of the package to be run. A typical entry looks like MKO0023E:MDT – Install Microsoft Office 2007 I`m pretty sure that most of you that used this feature have spent already some time on...
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Filed under: SCCM, MDT, Frontend, How To
March 05, 2010
The Problem One of the main drawbacks of the MDT Web FrontEnd (there aren’t many ;-) ) is, that it does not have direct access to the Deployment Share(s). Normally that wouldn’t be a problem as most of the settings don’t interact with anything stored in the Database. Except applications imported into MDT. As you know you can import Applications into MDT and use them in your Deployment. As long as you choose them directly in the LTI Wizard no problem. But what if you want to add those applications...
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March 02, 2010
In the Last Post I showed you, how you can easily create a custom Setting in the MDT Database and use it in your custom scripts. In the example shown we added a custom Setting called “ CollectionID ” to the Database to enable some kind of Pre-staging for computers. With the example you would e.g. be able to pre-stage computer based on their SerialNumber in the MDT Database and then add it on the fly to the appropriate collection on the fly when pxe/cd booting the new computer. Very helpful if your...
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Filed under: MDT 2008, Microsoft Deployment, Frontend, MDT 2010, How To
February 01, 2010
In the last post I showed you how you can create custom Groups of settings, making it possible to give different Users a different amount of available and changeable information. In this post, I will show you some more advanced features of the MDT Web FrontEnd as it is able to handle custom settings the same way as handling the MDT built-in settings. MDT gives us a lot of possibilities right out of the box. But often you reach a point in your Deployment, where the built-in methods, scripts and properties...
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Filed under: Webservice, Boot Wizard, MDT, Frontend, MDT 2010, How To
January 25, 2010
In the last Post I showed you how you can use the MDT Web FrontEnd to restrict access to the MDT Deployment database. Following this you are able to restrict e.g. a Helpdesk User to only add and edit computers but that he/she can’t do anything else on Locations, Roles or MakeModels. But everybody who has access to the Settings of an Identity will still be able to see and maybe also change all Settings. This raises several problems. A User might still be able to see more then he is supposed to see...
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January 17, 2010
The MDT Deployment Database is a great utility for your Deployments, no matter if you are using it in LTI or ZTI scenarios. Tim Mintner recently wrote an interesting article about what the Database is and why one should use it . If you use the Deployment console to access the database it has (at least) one major drawback, especially in larger Deployments. Out of the box, the console is the only way of accessing and changing the database (beside using the SQL Management Studio and making changes directly...
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