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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 allows you to automate the deployment of computers in your organization. This document provides guidance on how to plan, build, and deploy Windows operating systems and applications using MDT 2013.
MDT performs deployments by using the Lite Touch Installation (LTI), Zero Touch Installation (ZTI), and User-Driven Installation (UDI) deployment methods. Only MDT is used in LTI deployments, while ZTI and UDI deployments are performed using MDT with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.
This document covers these deployment methods and shows how to customize the deployment process for an organization. In addition to this document, Table 1 lists other documents that will help you perform deployments using MDT in your organization.
This document is organized to help you through the planning, building, and deploying processes in your organization. The following sections in this guide help you perform LTI, ZTI, and UDI deployments and customize the deployment process. Table 2 lists each section in this guide, with a brief overview of each.
The planning process helps you prepare for deployments in a production environment. The process starts with conceptual designs, which are proven and refined in a test environment. The result of the planning process is a set of design documents that you can use to build an MDT deployment infrastructure and perform automated operating system and application deployments in a production environment.
The purpose of MDT is to help automate the deployment of Windows operating systems and applications to desktop, portable, and server computers in the environment. At a high level, MDT automates the deployment process by configuring the unattended Setup files for Windows and packaging the necessary files into a consolidated image file that you then deploy to reference and target computers.
Table 3 provides a planning checklist in the form of a list of questions that you can use to help in the planning process. For each question, use the information provided in the Overview column to help find answers based on your organization's requirements.
LTI deployments store the system images, applications, and other files in deployment shares. ZTI and UDI deployments store these files on Configuration Manager distribution points. To determine your storage needs, estimate storage requirements for:
At least 4 gigabytes (GB) of free space is required on the drive containing the %TEMP% folder if you will create a media images. Otherwise, 1 GB of free space is required on the drive containing the %TEMP% folder.
Ensure that sufficient space is available for storing the operating system images, language packs, and device drivers used in the Deployment Workbench. You store these images in the MDT deployment shares created in the Deployment Workbench.
Estimate the storage requirements for Configuration Manager distribution points using the same calculations described in Estimate Storage Requirements for MDT Deployment Shares. If the images are distributed to multiple distribution points, the storage requirements apply to each distribution point.
For more information about planning Configuration Manager distribution points, see the section, "Distribution Point," in the section, "Planning Configuration Manager Site Systems for Operating System Deployments," in the Configuration Manager Documentation Library, which is installed with Configuration Manager.
If user state migration data will be stored locally on the target computers, designate a shared folder in which the deploy process can store the data. By default, the process attempts to store user state data on the local hard disk for the Replace Computer and Refresh Computer scenarios. However, you can override this behavior with configuration settings in CustomSettings.ini. In the event that there is insufficient disk space for the user state data and new image, the deployment scripts attempt to store the information in a shared folder. Providing the shared folder as an alternate storage location makes the deployment process more reliable.
Run Scanstate.exe in the USMT with the /p option to estimate the size of the user state migration data. By using the /p option, you can estimate the disk space requirements without actually performing the migration.
View the size of the contents of the folders in the user profile. Randomly sample targeted computers to determine a typical amount of storage required to back up the user state migration. Keep in mind that there may be several profiles (user name folders) on each target computer, so include each profile to be migrated.
Calculate the total capacity required by multiplying the average size of the user state migration data by the number of days to retain the data, and then multiplying that result by the number of users to be migrated during the retention period. For example, if the average user state migration size is 3 GB, data must be stored for five days, 100 users are being migrated each day, and the total storage requirement is 1,500 GB (3 GB 5 days 100 users per day).
You perform the backup process in MDT by using the Imagex.exe tool. The backup process creates an image of the disk volume on which the user state migration data is stored. The purpose of this backup is for recovery of user state migration data, not to restore the target computer from the image.
The storage requirements are a function of the average size of the target computer hard disks, the number of target computers deployed each day, and the length of time you want to retain the backup. For example, if the average target computer hard disk contains 80 GB of data, you are deploying 100 computers per day, and you want to retain the data for one week, the storage requirements for backups are 56 terabytes (TB), or 80 GB 100 7.
Create an application portfolio. Application portfolios include a list of applications and the compatibility status of each application. You can create this application portfolio by using software-inventory software such as the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT), the Asset and Compliance feature in Configuration Manager.
Identify any dependencies between applications. Applications may have dependencies on other applications. For example, an application may rely on Microsoft Office Excel 2007. Identify these dependencies, and include the dependent software in the deployment plans.
Determine whether to deploy applications with the operating system image or afterwards. You can deploy applications as part of the operating system image or after the operating system is deployed to the target computer. If the application is deployed after the operating system is deployed, you can use any software-deployment software, such as MDT, Group Policy Software Installation, the Application Management feature in Configuration Manager.
Determine the appropriate method for running applications. You can install and run applications on the local computer or deploy them dynamically in a virtualized application environment, such as App-V.
Identify the users approved to install applications. Determine whether users will install their applications or if the applications need to be installed by deployment technicians. Ensure that the user installing the application has the appropriate rights and permissions.
Identify applications that require a restart of the operating system. Applications that require a restart of the operating system after installation require additional configuration. For more information, see Configure the Computer to Restart After Application Installation.
As part of establishing a standardized configuration, determine which operating system components to include and the settings for these components. This determination includes optional components in all operating systems, server roles in Windows Server operating systems, and components to include in Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE). For example, you may decide to remove unnecessary Windows operating system components from desktop and portable computer deployments to reduce the security footprint of those computers.
**Operating system components.**Select the components required for the applications and user roles performed on the target computers. Install only the components that are required to help reduce the attack surface of the target computer and the image size.
Server roles. Select the server roles required for the server computers. Install only the server roles that are required to help reduce the attack surface of the target computer and the image size.
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