The deployment share properties stored on the General tab are mostly configured when you run the New Deployment Share Wizard. You can update the deployment share properties on the General tab through the deployment_shareProperties dialog box (where deployment_share is the name of the deployment share in the Deployment Workbench).

To configure the General tab

1.   Click Start, and then point to All Programs. Point to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and then click Deployment Workbench.

2.   In the Deployment Workbench console tree, go to Deployment Workbench/Deployment Shares.

3.   In the details pane, click deployment_share (where deployment_share is the name of the deployment share).

4.   In the Actions pane, click Properties.

The deployment_share Properties dialog box opens (where deployment_share is the name of the deployment share you want to configure).

5.   On the General tab, configure the settings listed in Table 24 based on the requirements of your organization, and then click OK.

Table 24. Configuration Settings on the General Tab of Deployment Share Properties

Setting

Description

Description

Contains the name of the deployment share displayed in the Deployment Workbench. The default value is MDT Deployment Share.

Comments

Provides information about the deployment share.

Network (UNC) path

Text box that contains fully qualified UNC path to the deployment share. This value is used only to enable multicast and is required if you want to do so by selecting the Enable multicast for this deployment share check box.

Note   If the deployment share was created from an existing network shared folder, this value is displayed in the details pane of the Deployment Workbench.

Local path

Contains the fully qualified path to the local folder in which the deployment share was created. This value is used only to enable multicast and is required if you want to do so by selecting the Enable multicast for this deployment share check box. If you created the deployment share from:

·     A local path, then this text box contains the local path used in the creation process

·     An existing network shared folder, then this text box is empty

Note   If you created the deployment share from a local path, the local path rather than the UNC path is displayed in the details pane of the Deployment Workbench.

Platforms supported: x86

Select to configure the Update Deployment Share Wizard to create WIM files and bootable media for 32-bit target computers.

Platforms supported: x64

Select to configure the Update Deployment Share Wizard to create WIM files and bootable media for 64-bit target computers.

Enable multicast for this deployment share

Select to configure Windows Deployment Services to enable multicast deployment of images generated in this deployment share. If you select this check box, you must provide values for the Network (UNC) path and Local path boxes. For more information about enabling multicast-based deployments, see Enable Windows Deployment Services Multicast Deployment for LTI Deployments.

Note The multicast features of MDT are available using Windows Deployment Services in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems.

 

The deployment share configuration settings are saved, and the deployment share appears in the details pane of the Deployment Workbench.

Related Topics

Configure a Deployment Share in the Deployment Workbench