Manage Selection Profiles

Selection profiles allow you to select one or more folders in the Deployment Workbench that contain one or more items in the Deployment Workbench, including applications, device drivers, operating systems, operating system packages, and task sequences.

Use selection profiles to group items, and then use those groupings of items:

· To include the appropriate device drivers and packages for Windows PE.

· To include the appropriate device drivers for the target operating system in the Inject Drivers task sequence step type.

· To identify the operating system packages to deploy in the Install Updates Offline task sequence step type.

· As the basis for creating linked deployment shares.

· As the basis for creating MDT deployment media.

Table 63 lists the default selection profiles in the Deployment Workbench.

Table 63. Default Selection Profiles in Deployment Workbench

Selection profile	Description
Everything	Holds all folders from all nodes in the Deployment Workbench, including all applications, operating systems, device drivers, operating system packages, and task sequences.
All Drivers	Holds all folders from the Out-of-Box Drivers node in the Deployment Workbench, including all device drivers.
All Drivers and Packages	Holds all folders from the Applications and Out-of-Box Drivers nodes in the Deployment Workbench, including all applications and device drivers.
All Packages	Holds all folders from the Applications node in the Deployment Workbench, including all applications and device drivers.
Nothing	Includes no folders or items in the Deployment Workbench.
Sample	A sample selection profile that shows how to select a subset of the items and include all folders from the Packages and Task Sequences nodes in the Deployment Workbench. This selection profile includes all operating system packages and task sequences.

Manage selection profiles by completing the following tasks in the Deployment Workbench:

· Create a new selection profile as described in Create a New Selection Profile in the Deployment Workbench.

· Modify an existing selection profile as described in Modify an Existing Selection Profile in the Deployment Workbench.

· Copy a selection profile as described in Copy a Selection Profile in the Deployment Workbench.

· Move a selection profile as described in Move a Selection Profile in the Deployment Workbench.

· Rename a selection profile as described in Rename a Selection Profile in the Deployment Workbench.

· Delete a selection profile as described in Delete a Selection Profile from the Deployment Workbench.

· Identify the differences between selection provides and groups as described in Identify the Relationship Between Selection Profiles and Groups.