Tag Archives: Scripting

LTI/ZTI PowerShell: Deployment Script logging

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

The task sequence step “Run PowerShell Script” has some cool features. One of which is the way it handles information returned from the Write-Host, Write-Warning and Write-Error cmdlets. MDT collects Information(Write-Host), Warnings(Write-Warning) and Errors(Write-Error) returned from a cmdlet in a … Continue reading →

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LTI/ZTI PowerShell: Comment Based Help

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

I recommend using PowerShell comment based help to document your deployment scripts as described on Technet in about_Comment_Based_Help. This makes your scripts self documenting so colleagues can see who wrote it, what it does and examples and parameter usage. Below, … Continue reading →

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LTI/ZTI PowerShell: Accessing Task Sequence Variables

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

In order to create more useful scripts in your Lite/Zero-Touch deployments, you will need access to the deployment variables. In MDT 2012 you can now access these Task Sequence variables from 2 new PSDrives called TSEnv: and TSEnvList:. Now these drives … Continue reading →

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MDT Powershell: Importing device drivers from organised folders

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

Below is my import drivers to MDT PowerShell script, also uploaded to the script repository here. My last post focused on creating a driverstore structure. Now it’s time to import your hard work into MDT. This script will import all your … Continue reading →

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MDT PowerShell: Creating a New Deployment Share

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

When you perform Actions in MDT you can use the View Script function to replicate the PowerShell commands that you run. This is so you can store them in a custom script to build up your own automation task(s). Clicking … Continue reading →

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MDT Scripting: Using VBScript Expressions in customsettings.ini file

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

I received an email from one of my readers: I’m trying to deploy to a mixed physical / VM environment using the serial number for the OSDComputername. However, on my VMs (VM Ware) the VM serial number is full of … Continue reading →

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PowerShell: Hello World

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

Alright, it’s time I started blogging about PowerShell. In fact it’s so long overdue that I really don’t know were to get started. There are so many great resources and blogs available now that most people who are motivated to … Continue reading →

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MDT Scripting: Managing Registry Keys

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

There are times during deployments when you may need to manage the registry. For example, finding out what Internet Explorer version the machine is using. Or also, creating keys to run programs at start-up etc. Fortunately, there is a utility … Continue reading →

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MDT Scripting: Handling Files

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

I’ve always wanted to blog about undocumented features and today’s that day. Recently, I’ve been demonstrating how you can save time on scripting by using the various classes in the ZTIUtility.vbs when creating your custom deployment scripts. However, there’s no … Continue reading →

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MDT Scripting: Managing Log Files

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

During deployments, MDT has a powerful logging process. All the logs generated are in a format similar to SCCM so you can use the Trace32 tool to view the log files in a GUI. Your custom scripts will generate individual log files … Continue reading →

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