Configuring Device Drivers in the Deployment Workbench

Integrate device drivers for the reference and target computers into Windows PE and the target operating system unless these components are included in Windows PE or the target operating system. The Deployment Workbench helps centralize and automate device driver management and integration for LTI by providing a centralized repository of device drivers, ensuring that the proper device drivers are deployed. The Deployment Workbench also automates the injection of the appropriate device drivers into Windows PE images that the Deployment Workbench generates. MDT supports different strategies for device driver management. For more information about device driver management strategies, see Managing Device Drivers.

Configure device drivers in the Deployment Workbench in a deployment share’s Out-of-Box node by:

· Importing device drivers as described in Import Device Drivers into the Deployment Workbench

· Modifying existing device drivers as described in Modify Existing Device Drivers in the Deployment Workbench

· Copying device drivers as described in Copy Device Drivers in the Deployment Workbench

· Moving device drivers as described in Move Device Drivers in the Deployment Workbench

· Renaming device drivers as described in Rename Device Drivers in the Deployment Workbench

· Deleting device drivers as described in Delete Device Drivers from the Deployment Workbench

· Managing folders for device drivers as described in Manage Folders for Device Drivers in the Deployment Workbench

· Enabling or disabling device drivers as described in Enable or Disable Device Drivers in the Deployment Workbench

· Deploy specific device drivers to target computers for LTI deployments as described in Deploy Specific Device Drivers to Target Computers in LTI

In addtion to managing device drivers in the Deployment Workbench, you can manage device drivers using the MDT Windows PowerShell cmdlets. For more information on managing device drivers using the MDT Windows PowerShell cmdlets, see the following sections beneath the section, MDT Windows PowerShell Cmdlets, in the MDT document Toolkit Reference:

· Import-MDTDriver

· Get-MDTDeploymentShareStatistics