Selection profile, installs all drivers in the selected profile. Imaging windows 10 x64 on skylake systems with mdt 20. Add this folder to your selection profiles for winpe. In part 2 we deployed a base windows image, configured it, and captured it for redeploying to new pcs. Windows operating system deployment with mdt 20 sccm ninja. Here is a script i created to ease the process of creatingimporting multiple system drivers into mdt at once. Create a new selection profile right click on selection profiles, select new selection profile. Microsoft deployment toolkit mdt 20 new features and. This article, the second in a two part series covering driver management, details managing drivers using microsoft deployment toolkit mdt, group policy, and best practices for enterprise use. Here is a pic of my model with a selection profile. Device driver groups that can be configured in the i file or the mdt db. Mdt is a free download from microsoft, and allows system administrators to quickly customize windows 10 images using a. You want to build a media out of your deployment share, for that purpose youve set a selection profile filled up with all the applications required to make your deployment a success. Mdt software installation this post will detail the installation of mdt itself and the prerequisite software required to implement it.
Driver management for the boot image is pretty straight, but driver management for the operating. Is it possible to install only software using mdt via usb. Simply, rightclick the folder to create a new selection profile and drilldown the driver list to select only the windows pe drivers. Deploy windows image using mdt sccm step by step guide. Actually, the deployment process is exactly the same as in previous version. Selection profiles are exposed to the lti deployment process as. Nice to knowpresenting applications in the mdt wizard. The script will go through all driver packages and pnpids, looking for instances where two driver packages have matching pnpids. Given the exact control this approach provides, there is one detraction, it limits. Solved mdt 20 and selection profiles and drivers software.
I did research and i know this system works with windows 8 and the drivers. Now, from the properties of the deployment share, choose the windows pe tab and then choose the drivers and patches subtab. The property is a bit misleading, because its also valid for driver groups, but the label does not really say that. On the folders page, select the folders you want to include in your selection. Injecting drivers based on target computer model using mdt me. Building a windows 10 v1607 reference image using mdt. A friend you know how you are asked me today i need to have different application bundles in the mdt wizard based on location, any ideas. Hi, isnt it because you selected install only matching drivers from the selection profile, instead of install all drivers from the selection profile.
There are two ways to get this done using selection profiles and using a custom task sequence variable. The process is the same that you did for the winpe. The first step is to take care of your winpe drivers for booting. Oct 27, 20 installing and configuring microsoft deployment toolkit mdt 20 on windows server 2012 r2 posted oct 27 20 by dane young with 25 comments last week i gave a presentation at the local citrix users group in santa clara on microsoft deployment toolkit mdt 20 and windows server 2012 r2. Mdt 20 inject drivers total control method what am i doing. Here is the screen where you select what to include in. Then set inject drivers selection profile to nothing and select install all drivers from selection profile i personally dont use this method, because i am lazy and dont have lenovos lenovo model names are 8 digits long but the last 4 are batch so change even among the same range. Adding out of box drivers in mdt 20 solutions experts. On the os type page, select custom image file and click next. Task sequences are basic xml files which call on a series of scripts to run parameters chosen by the user, when the task was created.
Originally i had set up mdt to use its best judgement when selecting drivers for the hardware. I do use a selection profile to organize the drivers i use for my mdt windows pe isowim files. I use the same approach as above to download, extract, and import the windows pe drivers into mdt. As always, microsoft stresses creating a backup of your mdt infrastructure first. Use wizardselectionprofile, selection profile and default gateway. Nice to knowpresenting applications in the mdt wizard based. Creating an offline mdt deployment media adrian costeas. Installing and configuring microsoft deployment toolkit mdt. Cleared, the update deployment share wizard will not include all video drivers in the selection profile specified in the selection profile list box in the windows pe images this check box is enabled only if you select include only drivers of the following types. During this guide we learn all about microsoft deployment toolkit 20 and believe me at the end when you try this free tool you love to work with microsoft deployment toolkit. Woodgrove bank device driver folder structure for lti. I create a separate profile for 32bit and 64bit platforms. They are a predefined selection of drivers that may encompass and individual model, or manufacturer.
If ran more than once, it will not create duplicate selection profile. Advanced format hard drives archives chris nackers blog. Mdt task sequences inject driver steps do not support specifying folders, so selection profiles are the defacto method for bridging this gap. These documentation will help to get familiarized with mdt 20 log files, ts variable, task sequence steps, user driver installation udi configurations, udi developer guide, configmgr 2012 r2 configuration etc. Originally i had set up mdt to use its best judgement when selecting drivers for the. The driver enhancements included in mdt 2010 will be explored in a future posting too much to go into right now. Selection profiles script support is here oct 23, 2016 mdt task sequences inject driver steps do not support specifying folders, so selection profiles are the defacto method for bridging this gap. Though it might sound like microsoft is cutting any ties with the past, mdt 20 supports upgrading a previous deployment share. How to detect lenovo models and drivers with task sequences. A drivers saga mastering windows deployment i prefer to use scripts to import drivers automatically in mdt with a specific structure, but since you have started dealing with this, it can wait until you fully understand how. Mdt 20 update 2 support is here mdt task sequences inject driver steps do not support specifying folders, so selection profiles are the defacto method for bridging this gap. Mdt week with windows powershell mvp sean kearney continues today. Woodgrove bank device driver task sequence configuration for lti.
Please support the video by giving it a like rating, thank. Applications, operating systems, drivers are all great but do nothing without a working task sequence. This upgrade process only applies to deployment shares currently running at mdt 2012 update 1. Most of the hardware we use is lenovo laptop, however there are a few hp desktops we use, as well as some new asus models weve decided to go to. Ive been tasked with updating the drivers, and the images at work. How to add drivers in windows iso with mdt 20 askme4tech. In the new selections profile wizard on the general settings page, provide a selection profile name and optionally some comments so that you can determine later why you created the profile. Expand the deployment shares, mdt deployment share and advanced configuration. When i launch the lite touch it pops up an image saying it can not find the imagedeploymentshare via dhcp so it looks like even with the network drivers injected i still get nothing.
In mdt that is done by adding it as a package in the deployment workbench, and create a selection profile for windows 10 x64 v1607. Selection profile, use to select the device drivers and packages to be. Should selection profiles be used to separate set of drivers per model. Configure task sequences to deploy device drivers in selection. Jul 12, 2009 to control what drivers are injected during the task sequence. I think the last one is to be used when you want to provision drivers. The driver dupe tool runs as a powershell script, and must run on a machine with mdt 2010, or mdt 2010 update 1 installed, as it uses some of the mdt powershell providers to manage the drivers. I have been deploying the small and cool intel nucs for a long time, they just have one problem, it is a small problem, but. The boot image you use for deployment is based on windows pe 5. Now expand advance configuration, rightclick selection profiles and choose new selection profile. All of our systems are windows 7 x64 and we have about 4 different models laptopdesktop.
In each subgroup for each model, you have to create 2 steps, one to inject the drivers from the selection profile and another to change the value of. Hi, i was successfully using mdt to inject required printer drivers into my builds. From the selection profile dropdown list, choose the selection profile. Rightclick the windows 10 folder and select import operating system. Short overview of how to import drivers into mdt 2012 and how to create a selection profile.
Deploy a windows 10 image using mdt windows 10 windows. In the task sequence editor, you can see a new user interface on the inject drivers step that allows you to select the selection profile. In this part, we will import our newly captured reference image, set up driver folders for our hardware, and create a new task sequence to deploy our. I dont want to deploy os as dont want to lose the licence. Mdt 20 choosing selection profiles on client reddit. I know you can tell a task sequence to use drivers only from a selection profile. Inject drivers for better management in mdt 20 askme4tech. It is highly recommend that you use a selection profile for driver injection for winpe. If ran more than once, it will not create duplicate selection profile entries.
When the new selection profile wizard begins, type a name for your new selection profile as shown in figure 6. In part 2, i am going to show what it takes to get the solution step up and running at first. I was pointed to this article here essentially using wmi to select the driver folder to use when imaging a computer. Since this phase will add the computer to the domain, we will require a user with specific permissions to add workstations to the domain. Name the selection profile the exact same name as the model. List of 36 known issues with microsoft deployment toolkit mdt. Ie i have a group for asus drivers, and the task sequence only injects them.
Mdt and drivers jason watkins university of pennsylvania. Mdt 2012 drivers and selection profile part 3 youtube. In this two part post, we are going to focus on that last project. Mdt 20 lite touch driver management 2 watch this video from the same expert johan arwidmark. Note in this document, windows applies to the windows 8. Now its time to create the profile that will be use for the media in the next step. It would seem that i would then have multiple task sequence. Then, i create a selection profile for the windows pe drivers and use that for my isowim file drivers. This should be compliant as the outofbox drivers tree created on the previous steps. Welcome to part 3 of installing, configuring, deploying, and capturing images with mdt. In a previous thread, i submitted about driver selection while imaging machines using mdt. To control what drivers are injected during the task sequence. I am able to now add into my task sequence inject drivers actions. Os deployment thread, mdt 2012 force printer driver install via selection profile in technical.
The driver injection can be customised to specifically use a driver selection profile and each driver. Add mdt selection profiles for each outofbox driver. Automating hardware driver installation on windows 7 and above. Id recommend using selection profiles if you have drivers for multiple models. Learn how to use windows powershell to organize mdt folders for drivers, applications, and operating systems. There is no makemodel, actually, the entire smbbios is empty, now that makes it a bit hard to figure what model we are deploying and therefore it is hard to determine what drivers that needs to be deployed. By creating a selection profile you control whats included in the deployment media and whats injected in the os during the task sequence. Mdt configmgr windows 10 windows 7 windows 8 windows 8. To automate deployments as much as possible, you must work with the i file. Mdt ships with a few predefined selection profiles, but more can be created to suit any need. You can find more information about automating lti deployment in the windows 7 resource kit from microsoft press.
For the boot image you need at nic and storage drivers. Using the deployment workbench, expand the deployment shares node, and then expand mdt production. This post will detail the final steps required for the deployment. Mdt adding a user exit script to assign model alias. By default, mdt will inject all network adapter and mass storage drivers in the wim file.
The important thing you select the correct makermodel and all is named correctly. Jun 03, 2010 to create a selection profile that includes only drivers for windows 7 x64 systems, rightclick on the selection profiles folder and select new selection profile. Log onto the mdt server to perform the rest of the steps. Wmi model query for system center or mdt task sequence in order to specify device driver install package for a specific model during your sccm or mdt task sequence, you can create a wmi query for the specific models covered by your driver pack. Find answers to mdt 20 inject drivers total control method what am i.
Use the mdt microsoft deployment toolkit microsoft docs. Apr 19, 2016 short overview of how to import drivers into mdt 2012 and how to create a selection profile. Mar 16, 2015 mdt 20 is highly customizable by using a settings configuration file. Mdt and wds are two separate tools that can be used together or individually. The configuration file, named i, contains information that will be used during an lti deployment. For more information about uefi support in mdt, see the section, deploy to computers with uefi, in the mdt document using the microsoft deployment toolkit. Use wizardselectionprofile, selection profile and default gateway so here is a step by step, kind of. This reference is part of microsoft deployment toolkit mdt 20 and provides. Add mdt selection profiles for each outofbox driver folder using a. Sep 25, 2016 selection profiles are the ultimate step toward driver control. If you receive a new hardware device, you can test the driver installation in your mdt test environment and later include the drivers and applications in your mdt production selection profile. Mdt 2012 drivers using selection profiles mdt 2012 drivers.
Driver deployment with microsoft deployment toolkit mdt. Expand the deployment shares, mdt deployment share and adnamced configuration. This has worked for nearly all of our models, with a few hiccups here and there. The feature in mdt 20 that we can use for this filtering is called selection profiles. Add drivers to mdt all versions total control method. Exam ref 70695 deploying windows devices and enterprise apps. We do not use them, but not sure if we should for driver use. Dell and lenovo make drivers just for windows pe available as a download too. Mdt 20 lite touch driver management deployment research. I was going to follow your 4sysops guide on creating an other selection profile to inject drivers for printersscannersetc during the task sequence.
Mdt 20 inject drivers total control method what am i. Update your deployment share to incorporate the hotfix into your boot. Find answers to mdt 20 inject drivers total control method what am i doing wrong. Microsoft deployment toolkit mdt 20 allows you to automate the deployment. Today again, we will discuss a little bit about mdt 20. If you delete a selection profile under advanced configuration\ selection profiles, you will not be able to update media content, error. Jan 24, 2014 during this post we are going to discuss on how to install and configure mdt 20, mdt 20 offer support for windows assessment and deployment kit windows adk for windows 8. Toolkit reference microsoft deployment toolkit microsoft docs. Aug 03, 2014 microsoft deployment toolkit 20 is the latest release of deployment toolkit by microsoft, mdt 20 is incredibly simple and free tool for deployment solutions.
The process is quite similar to deploying office 2010 but i have received a lot of questions about the small differences between the versions. In mdt 20 lite touch, there are two types of drivers to worry about when deploying windows. Each profile contains only the drivers for that particular model of machine. We are going to structure a driver store and use our mdt share as a remote driver installation server. In the windows pe tab, in the platform drop down list, make sure x64 is selected. If x86 is needed or desired, repeat steps 1220 but with pex86. How to recover missing applications when you create a media. Wmi model query for system center or mdt task sequence. On the inject drivers step, set the nothing profile and select the option install all drivers from the selection profile just to ensure that the native mdt step wont inject any driver s on the machine.
Ensure your boot images are configured to use the appropriate selection profile. I also gave a glimpse of what the task sequence steps look like once the solution is in place. Right click in selection profiles, select new selection profile. Latitude e7470 winpe drivers the approach i did after extracting the 20. Osd deployment deploying intel nuc and getting drivers. However were running into issues with our asus model. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. We will see how we can deploy office 20 through mdt 20. The new windows 10 v1607 cbb media nov 2016 build already contains a working windows update agent, but i added the steps on how to add packages, in the event a later update might be needed. Jan 10, 2011 the driver dupe tool runs as a powershell script, and must run on a machine with mdt 2010, or mdt 2010 update 1 installed, as it uses some of the mdt powershell providers to manage the drivers. Nov 25, 2014 mdt 20 microsoft deployment toolkit 20 is a fantastic tool for customizing operating system deployments and best of all, its free. Use powershell to organize mdt application and driver.
Regardless of your situation, if youre using windows at home or at the office you might be able to get a lot of value out of this tool. To create a selection profile that includes only drivers for windows 7 x64 systems, rightclick on the selection profiles folder and select new selection profile. I am the lead author for this resource kit and i also maintain the unofficial support site for the windows 7 resource kit with answers to questions posted by readers, as well as links to the latest resources on windows 7 deployment, administration and troubleshooting. Revisiting lti deployment wizard application selection. You can use this selection profile to fill the linked deployment share that you use for production deployment. Sep 03, 2012 mdt configmgr windows 10 windows 7 windows 8 windows 8. Review the mdt 20 documents microsoft deployment toolkit samples guide and using the microsoft deployment toolkit for help in customizing configuration settings for the deployment environment. Through a little planning, we can make use of windows automatic driver selection in order to deploy drivers in a windows pe environment and in a fullblown operating system.