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Customizing MDT 2010

MDT 2010 customization provides the necessary configuration settings for the destination computers. The configuration settings include the values that you would normally provide if you were deploying the operating system manually. You accomplish this customization by using one or more of these options:

  • Configure the CustomSettings.ini file.
  • Configure the BootStrap.ini file.
  • Retrieve information from the MDT 2010 database.

For LTI-based deployments, any configuration settings that you don't specify in the CustomSettings.ini file, the BootStrap.ini file, or the database must be provided when running the Windows Deployment Wizard. This gives you the flexibility to automate the LTI process fully or have the majority of configuration settings provided when running the Windows Deployment Wizard.

More Info For more information, see the following resources:

  • For the syntax and structure of the CustomSettings.ini file, see the MDT 2010 documentation.
  • For the syntax and structure of the BootStrap.ini file, see the MDT 2010 documentation.
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In this tutorial:

  1. Deploying with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
  2. Introducing MDT 2010
  3. Resource Access
  4. Using LTI with MDT 2010
  5. Replicating a Deployment Share
  6. Preparing Windows Deployment Services
  7. Configuring CustomSettings.ini
  8. Automating the LTI Process
  9. Performing LTI Deployments
  10. Customizing MDT 2010
  11. Configuring Multiple Computers
  12. Applying the Properties to the Groups
  13. Configuring Individual Computers
  14. Applying the Properties to Individual Computers
  15. Customizing CustomSettings.ini
  16. Customizing BootStrap.ini
  17. Using the MDT 2010 Database
  18. Creating the MDT 2010 Database
  19. Configuring the MDT 2010 Database
  20. Configuring the Database Access