One of the final steps in completing the deployment of a target operating system to the target computers is joining the computer to an AD DS domain. Although you can complete this process manually, MDT supports the following automated methods for joining target computers to AD DS domains:

·     Using the Deployment Wizard as described in Join Domains Using the Deployment Wizard

·     Modifying CustomSettings.ini as described in Join Domains by Modifying the CustomSettings.ini File

·     Modifying Unattended.xml as described in Join Domains by Modifying the Unattended.xml File

·     Using the Recover from Domain Join Failure task sequence step type as described in Join Domains Using the Recover from Domain Join Failure Task Sequence Step Type

·     Using the offline domain join feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 as described in Join Domains Using Offline Domain Join

Related Topics

Configuring MDT Deployments
Join Domains Using the Deployment Wizard
Join Domains by Modifying the CustomSettings.ini File
Join Domains by Modifying the Unattended.xml File
Join Domains Using the Recover from Domain Join Failure Task Sequence Step Type
Join Domains Using Offline Domain Join