Tag Archives: Zero Touch

LTI/ZTI PowerShell: Using parameterised scripts in Task Sequences

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

There are methods in creating PowerShell scripts suitable for task sequence deployment. A good starting point is the Technet article about_Scripts. One of the most useful features of MDT/SCCM are the deployment properties. Today, I’m going to talk about using … 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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LTI/ZTI PowerShell: Using PowerShell in Task Sequences

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

Now that we’re in the golden age of PowerShell many administrators will want to take advantage of its features in their deployments. With Lite/Zero-Touch you can do this by using the Run PowerShell Script task sequence step. The great thing … Continue reading →

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LTI/ZTI Deployments: Post OS Task Sequence

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Andrew Barnes

One of the useful features of MDT is the Post Operating System Installation Task Sequence. I use it to configure servers after I clone them from templates. If you want to do any of the following tasks then a Post … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Sample customsettings.ini for Fully Automated LTI Deployments

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

I get a lot of requests for articles on various deployment techniques. One reader yesterday asked for an example of a customsettings.ini file. samburattoSam said: Hey, Thanks for the Blog. Alot of helpfull stuff. Can you show us an example of a … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: User State Migration

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

In order to automate the User State Capture and Restore task sequence steps in MDT 2010 you will need to configure your deployment share so it knows where to store the data. MDT 2010 installs the User State Migration Tool … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Managing Product Keys

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

If you are deploying Windows Vista/7 Professional, Enterprise or Server 2008(R2) and you have a KMS host configured, you can simply ignore the sections that ask for product keys during Lite-Touch deployments and skip past them without adding aditional propertys. … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Deployment Type

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

When automating your Lite-Touch environment, you should first consider the usage of your task sequences. There are 4 task sequence usage scenarios in MDT 2010, they are the new computer scenario, the refresh computer scenario, the replace computer scenario and the upgrade … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Timezone

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

To automate the TimeZone setting in your Lite-Touch deployments, edit the CustomSettings.ini file and add the following line for Windows XP/2003: TimeZone=85 or for Windows Vista/Server 2008/Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 use: TimeZoneName=GMT Standard Time Now to hide the pane during … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Setting the built in Administrator Password

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Andrew Barnes

As you may be aware, the local administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 7. MDT 2010 re-enables it and resets the password. This is initially done when you create a new task sequence so you don’t really need … Continue reading →

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