Using Task Sequence as display name during LTI in MDT 2010

For some time now, I have had the _SMSTSORGNAME variable in CustomSettings.ini set to “DXter’s Deployment Solution” as a display name during deployments in my home environments. However, since I do a lot of installations in my home environments, sometimes I need to know what I am actually deploying for the moment during the installation process.

 

One of the core strengths of MDT 2010 is its rich set of rules and variables. MDT has a lot of variables by default and one of them is %TaskSequenceName% which is a dynamic value of the name of the task sequence that is currently running.

 

So I thought that I should try to edit my CustomSettings.ini to tell _SMSTSORGNAME to set its value dynamic during installation based on the name of the current task sequence! Winking smile

 

So all I hade to do was to change one line in DeploymentShare\Control\CustomSettings.ini to this:

_SMSTSORGNAME=%TaskSequenceName%

 

That’s it! Now lets try if it works in real life! Winking smile

 

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I select my Windows 7 Enterprise x64 task sequence that also does an online installation of the Swedish language pack.

 

 

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It works like a charm! The organization name in MDT during the installation is now the name of my selected task sequence! Winking smile

 

 

// Fredrik “DXter” Jonsson

 

P.S The Iron Man 2 background in Windows PE is NOT default in MDT 2010. Winking smile D.S

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