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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a toolset used to deploy Microsoft Windows and Office automatically in large network environments.

MDT was formerly known as Business Desktop Deployment.

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Launching MDT Task Sequence via litetouch.vbs, starts imaging from scratch after first reboot

I am launching a task sequence via litetouch.vbs. I RDP into a client machine, and run litetouch.vbs as follows: wscript /i \my_host\deploymentShare$\scripts\litetouch.vbs /rulesfile:customsettings.ini This prompts me to select the tast sequence and…
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BDD_Welcome_ENU.xml error message after initial OS boot

Getting an error during MDT deployment. The error occurs right after the OS installs and the deployed machine boots for the first time. A dialog box appears that says, "Unable to find definition file:BDD_Welcome_ENU.xml Commandline :…
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offline debugging mdt powershell scripts

I’m trying to create a way to offline debug PowerShell scripts that are intended for workstation deployment Task Sequences in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). The scripts use the task sequence environment variables that are retrieved using a…
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Install Citrix VDA via MDT Task Sequence

In Microsoft MDT how to I reference another Task Sequence based on the previous Error code? Trying to install VDA via Task Sequence. As per Citrix documentation. "If a return code is 3, restart the machine and then pass control to SCCM TASK3." How…
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Access Denied applying BGInfo64.exe in MDT

I'm attempting to call BGInfo64.exe after the "Gather local only" step in the first group of my Task Sequence. However I'm getting access denials. I tried messing with NTFS permissions by allowing "Everyone" full access to see if that would help.…
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Powershell throwing Property '...' cannot be found on this object when trying to edit unattended.xml

I am trying to write a Script to easily customize my MDT Server / Deployment in the future. $xml = New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument $xml.Load($filePath) $xml.unattend.settings.component.UserData.FullName =…
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Retrieve BitLocker recovery password from AD during MDT deployment

I have a very weird problem. I have a PowerShell script that runs during an MDT deployment task sequence. I'm using the following command to get the BitLocker recovery key so I can add it to my log $result = Get-ADComputer $NewName -Credential $cred…
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MDT Server opens cmdlet directly

As the title already mentions, the MDT Server opens the cmdlet directly after loading the Lite Touch Windows PE image. I added a few arguments in the CustomSettings.ini. I am running a ESXi 6.7 Server where the MDT-Server is installed. And new VM's…
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CS.ini automatically select task sequence based on model

What I want to accomplish is for MDT to automatically select the task sequence based on the model, and if there is no match to run a generic deployment. but it's not selecting the task sequence automatically. any idea, how can i achieve this goal.…
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Adding a PC to a Security Group in AD via Powershell without having to install RSAT

a few weeks ago I started setting up my MDT(Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) custom Image. Nearly everything works fine so far except my recent Powershell script which is meant for adding a computer to a specific security group without RSAT Tools. I…
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MDT will not allow BIOS update upon reboot

I have been picking at this issue for a few weeks now with no resolve or solution found on the webs. When I run a Dell BIOS update with /s and /f during a new Windows 10 21H1 build task sequence, the update runs successfully with the BIOS update…
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Key not present on Coral Dev Board when configuring MDT with macOS host machine

I am currently following the Coral Dev Board configuration guide using a MacOS machine running Catalina as my host machine. As per the instructions, for me to use the MDT command line tools on my specific host machine I must manually configure mdt.…
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How to fix google coral devboard ssh connection issue

I have been using the Google Coral Devboard in a project for a while. Today, I am surprised to see that using ssh does not work. Something went wrong somewhere. ssh mendel@192.168.0.111 gives ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.111 port 22: Connection…
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Set a max length to OsdComputerName in MDT

Is their a way to set a max length to the OsdComputername in MDT. By default it's 15 chars, but we need it to have a 8-chars length max. First time I have a customer who ask this restriction... I guess it's possible, but I can't find any…
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C# sum up multiple items in a list

i guess i just need a little help, because i am going around in circles with a little problem here. This is a report from a deployment server that stores files in a special xml format. The file looks like this:
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