Automate MDT Deployment Wizard

In this post we are going to discuss on how to Automate MDT Deployment Wizard in which we learn how to skip unwanted pages on deployment wizard in MDT. At the time of deployment we see several pages on deployment wizard we can choose pages which we want to see at the time of deployment wizard. Pages we see at the time of MDT deployment wizard are given below.

Welcome Page Network Credentials Page Task Sequence Page Computer Details Page Mover data and settings Page User Data (Restore) Page Local and Time Page Capture image Page Ready Page

See screenshot

These are the pages we see at time of LTI deployment We can skip pages which we want to skip to automate our deployment process in MDT. We can automate our deployment by editing two files these two files are:

CustomSettings.ini

Bootstrap.ini

To edit these files open deployment workbench right click on Deployment share go to Properties then go to Rules tab there you can find your CustomSettings.ini and Bootstrap.ini you can also find these two files on deployment share folder then in control folder.

When you first see these files it’s look like screenshot given below.

Now we are going to edit CustomSettings.ini after editing CustomSettings.ini it’s look like

[Settings]

Priority=Default

Properties=MyCustomProperty

[Default]

OSInstall=Y

SkipCapture=YES

SkipAdminPassword=YES

SkipProductKey=YES

SkipComputerBackup=YES

SkipBitLocker=YES

SkipTaskSequence=YES

TaskSequenceID=001

SkipComputerName=YES

OSDComputerName=Win8

SkipDomainMembership=YES

JoinWorkgroup=Workgroup

SkipUserData=YES

SkipLocaleSelection=YES

KeyboardLocale=en-us

UserLocale=en-us

UILanguage=en-us

SkipTimeZone=YES

See screen shoot given below

Click on apply and then click on ok after that update your deployment share to apply changes then go to client machine and boot it from network after booting we can see welcome page

Run deployment wizard then we see network credentials page

After that all pages are skipped see screen shoot given below

We skipped some pages by editing CustomSettings.ini you can also skip welcome page and network credential page by editing Bootstrap.ini for more information go to MDT help then Toolkit Reference then Properties then click on Providing Properties for Skipped Deployment Wizard Pages.

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