This is a quick guide for configuring settings per task sequence using MDT 2010, without the use of the database…
Some background info…
The Gather action in MDT is the process that gather all rules and it is run when the deployment wizard starts. But what if we want to set rules depending on what we select in the wizard? Well, then we simply have to run Gather once more, but after the wizard.
The following is a sample for configuring a few settings for a Windows 7 Task Sequence with id W7-X86-001, and some other setings for a Windows 7 Task Sequence with id W7-X86-002 .
1. Configure the two Task Sequence’s to run Gather local data and process rules (Rules file: customsettings.ini)
2. Update the deploymentshare rules (customsettings.ini) with the following
[Settings] Priority=TaskSequenceID, Default [Default] OSInstall=YSkipAppsOnUpgrade=NO
SkipAdminPassword=YES
SkipProductKey=YES
SkipBDDWelcome=YES
SkipComputerName=YES
SkipDomainMembership=YES
SkipUserData=YES
SkipCapture=YES
DoCapture=NO
SkipLocaleSelection=YES
SkipTaskSequence=NO
SkipTimeZone=YES
SkipApplications=YES
SkipBitLocker=YES
SkipSummary=YES
SkipBDDWelcome=YES
TimeZone=004
TimeZoneName=Pacific Standard Time [W7-X86-001] JoinDomain=TSLAB
DomainAdmin=TSLAB\JoinAccount
DomainAdminPassword=P@ssw0rd
MachineObjectOU=ou=Workstations,dc=tslab,dc=net
Applications001={785633b7-283b-420e-a4a3-2557377d204c}
Applications002={c47087e9-220e-4191-930e-819cf03e7cfe} [W7-X86-002] JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP
Applications001={5e731fe1-ef93-44f9-bb17-8f7a5734cec8}
Applications002={c47087e9-220e-4191-930e-819cf03e7cfe}
/ Johan