Adding Dell drivers to MDT



1: Log onto MDT as domain admin.

2: Open chrome and go to http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/2065.dell-command-deploy-driver-packs-for-enterprise-client-os-deployment

3: Find your model in the list and click the appropriate version. They are broken down by Windows version as evidenced by screenshot below.



4: After you click the cab link it will take you to a page like in the screenshot below. Just click download now on the link icon circled and save to your downloads folder.



5: After it downloads, extract it into your downloads folder.

6: Open up Deployment Workbench from the start menu.




7: Expand out Deployment Shares by click the arrow to the left. If you do not have any Deployment Shares under it then right click Deployment Shares and click Open Deployment Share. It is located at C:\DeploymentShare

8: Right click the MDT Deployment Share and select properties.

a. Copy the following lines to the bottom and change the model to be your bios returned model name. Usually Optiplex XXXX or Latitude XXXX. This tells the imaging process to return a model name of the pc and search for drivers you specify to install instead of generics with Windows 10.

[Optiplex 3010]
DriverGroup001=Windows 10\%model%
DriverSelectionProfile=nothing

b. Hit Apply and Close the Share properties window.

9: Expand out the Deployment Shareà Out-Of-Box DriversàWindows 10. Right click Windows 10 and select New Folder. Name the folder name the exact model you specified in the Share properties rules tab. Hit Next. Execute, and then Finish.

10: Right click the new folder that you created and click Import Drivers. Browse to the extracted folder in your downloads and USE THE X64 FOLDER UNDER WINDOWS 10. Hit OK and tick the box to import even if duplicates of an existing driver. Hit Next and let it process and index all files. This will take some time.






11: Right click the Deployment Share and select Update Deployment Share. This will rebuild the boot files to include your new drivers. Leave the options default and just hit Next twice. Afterwards hit Finish and you are ready to rock with the newest drivers.



NOTES!
You can use this to add newer driver packs from Dell to existing driver folders in MDT.
To add drivers to MDT, the device must be a business, enterprise, or education model machine from Dell.

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