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Some things I don’t like about the MDT Database

Actually I really like the idea of the MDT Database and the flexibility it brings into your deployments. But there are a couple of things which are, let’s say not optimal, and some drove me nuts during the creation of the web frontend. Combined Primary Keys change during time The “Settings_Administrators”, “Settings_Applications”, “Settings_Packages” and “Settings_Roles” tables are all built according to the same schema. They have a combined Primary...  ... Read the full post or  the 2 comments. Filed under: SQL, Microsoft Deployment, MDT, Frontend

Extending the MDT Database with Custom Settings

The Settings within the MDT Database cover already a wide area of possibilities during a Deployment. But sooner or later you will probably reach a point, where you are in the need of adding or processing additional information. Think about Static IP Address assignment or prestaging a specific CollectionID for Deployment via SCCM, etc. There are probably a lot of things you might want to have. At least I reached this point quite soon during our deployments and started adding a new table for this and...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: MDT 2008, Webservice, SQL, Microsoft Deployment

Get access to the MDT Database

The Title could be a bit misleading so what is this about? After we started with our Deployments we regularly came to a point where we needed to change, add or delete certain values within the MDT Database. You might think of adding Roles to a computer on-the-fly, prestaging a new computer with some different settings, giving a local siteadmin access to a subset of his location settings etc. And you really don't want to give the Helpdesk access to the Deployment Workbench and with it access to...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: MDT 2008, SQL, Microsoft Deployment

Using Roles to deploy Applications based on previous Applications - Part 1 (ZTI - Refresh Scenario)

One common question regarding the deployment of a new operating system especially on refresh or replacement scenarios is how the user will get his previous applications back. All standard applications are probably already part of your thick image or will be defined as standard applications for all users or a specific location etc. However you will always have a bunch of applications which only a certain amount of users will use. And normally you don't want to spend time after the deployment to...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: MDT 2008, SQL, Microsoft Deployment, SCCM, SMS