Customize MDT 2013

Changing default IT Organization in MDT task sequence In this post we are going to customize MDT 2013 change or replace default IT Organization and background wallpaper which is visible when we use task sequence in MDT or at the time of lite touch deployment in this example I am using MDT 2013 you can use it on other MDT versions also

Change Default IT Organization MDT 2013

You can use your Brand name, your organisation name or what ever you want in the place of IT Organization in MDT tasksequense at the time of lite touch deployment through MDT 2013. To change default IT organization open MDT 2013 deployment workbench right click on deployment share go to Rules tab you can see your CustomSettings.ini settings below is the code.

By default MDT have this code in customsettings.ini you can also find this file in deploymentshare folder then control folder.

[Settings]

Priority=Default

Properties=MyCustomProperty

[Default]

OSInstall=Y

SkipCapture=NO

SkipAdminPassword=YES

SkipProductKey=YES

SkipComputerBackup=NO

SkipBitLocker=NO

When we do lite touch deployment it’s look like screenshoot given below

This is before doing any thing for changing this default IT organization in MDT we just have to add one line i.e _SMSTSOrgName=Thetechnosolution(Replace Thetechnosolution with your name) after adding this line the in code it looks like given below

[Settings]

Priority=Default

Properties=MyCustomProperty

[Default]

OSInstall=Y

SkipCapture=NO

SkipAdminPassword=YES

SkipProductKey=YES

SkipComputerBackup=NO

SkipBitLocker=NO

_SMSTSOrgName=Thetechnosolution

It looks like

After that click on apply then ok and when you do lite touch deployment through MDT you can see your

brand name at the time of deployment that’s it see screenshoot given below

Changing background wallpaper MDT 2013

You can also change your background wallpaper at the time of deployment to do this open deployment workbench right click on MDT deployment share select properties and go to Windows PE tab there you can find Windows PE Customizations then browse and choose background wallpaper which you want to set at the time of deployment then click on apply and ok and you have done you can see new background wallpaper as per your choice(It can be your favorites wallpaper or company wallpaper)

Creating custom partition in MDT 2013

In MDT when we create task sequence and deploy operating system using MDT by default MDT creates only one partition we can also customize partitions in MDT so at the time of deployment MDT creates more than one partition see this post on how to create custom partition in MDT 2013 by editing task sequence it’s also work on other version of MDT

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