Tag Archives: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

SCCM PowerShell: Connect to SCCM Function

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Andrew Barnes

    Today’s post is another time-saver function I wrote to connect to SCCM. Again, it is designed to eliminate the need to hard code the module path and/or the SCCM primary site. It allows me to just type Connect-SCCM to import the module … Continue reading →

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MDT PowerShell: Connect to MDT Function

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Andrew Barnes

  Todays post is a time-saver function I wrote to connect to MDT shares. It allows me to just type Connect-MDT to import the module then enter to the MDT PSdrive. It discovers the location of the MDT module(from the registry) and uses the Restore-MDTPersistentDrive … Continue reading →

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LTI/ZTI Scripting: Add computer to an AD Group

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Andrew Barnes

I’m currently doing some intense SCCM 2012 training so I’ve not been posting or in the forums recently. I’ve still been responding to emails though. I received an email from a reader earlier this week. He wanted to add the … Continue reading →

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MDT: Manually configure a Static IP Address during LTI Deployments

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Andrew Barnes

No DHCP? No Problem. Part 1. I’ve been working on the various methods of setting Static IP addresses during Lite Touch deployments and decided to space the articles out over the week. Today we’ll cover the easy ones. If you … Continue reading →

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MDT 2012: Missing network drivers during LTI boot

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Andrew Barnes

I was contacted last week by a former colleague who is just getting into MDT. He was missing drivers on one model and received this common error page during his boot sequence. Naturally, I had loads of resources to share but … Continue reading →

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Test Lab: Base Configuration – Hydration Kit released.

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Andrew Barnes

I’ve released my first Codeplex project today. It’s available at http://testlabhydrationkit.codeplex.com Hydration Kit – Test Lab: Base Configuration for Windows Server 2008 R2 The code is Microsoft Deployment Toolkit standalone media (Hydration Kit) that will configure each of the servers … Continue reading →

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LTI/ZTI Deployments: Add roles and features

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

I had a post drafted on adding roles and features, to begin a series of posts on server role deployment. However, Michael Neihaus has been kind enough to write up a great article on his blog. You can read it … Continue reading →

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MDT: Running a single PowerShell Cmdlet from a Task Sequence Step

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

Sometimes I want to perform small tasks that don’t really require a script creation. In those cases I use a Run Command Line task sequence step. It was always easy for cmd.exe and it’s just as easy for PowerShell.exe(once you … Continue reading →

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MDT: RTFM

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

There is a help file/manual that comes with MDT. It’s called Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Documentation Library. It’s located in the start menu. This documentation is immense. It covers everything from getting started, walkthroughs, App-V, SCCM, Scripting. (and it’s free) I … Continue reading →

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LTI/ZTI Scripting: MDT Scripting Template

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

It’s back to VBScript today. I received an email from a reader last week. He had an issue with a deployment script. We thought it would be a good idea to share the solution. For me, a chance to review … Continue reading →

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