(The “Correct” way to kick off a MDT Upgrade Task sequence remotely is through
Configruation Manager with ZeroTouch ☺.)
It should be possible to kick off a MDT Litetouch upgrade process remotely. If
you have psremote enabled, you could run a powershell script on the remote
machine. Make sure the MDT Deployment Server has the correct open permissions,
otherwise, you can kick off the command with the command:
Invoke-command -computer MyPC01 -credential $cred – scriptblock { Cscript.exe
\\server\deploymentshare$\Scripts\Litetouch.vbs<file://server/deploymentshare$/Scripts/Litetouch.vbs>
/UserID:LabAdmin /UserDomain:Corp /UserPassword:P@ssw0rd
/TaskSequenceID:MyWin10Upgrade /SkipWizard:Yes }
(the preceeding command line was written from memory, you should figure out the
correct command line arguments. #YMMV
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Daniel Franciscus
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2017 7:50 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MDT-OSD] RE: Using WDS and MDT to Upgrade to Windows 10
Does anyone use a powershell or psexec method to do this remotely? So far I
have not had success with this.
Dan Franciscus
Systems Administrator
Information Technology Group
Institute for Advanced Study
609-734-8138
________________________________
From: "Sean Chapman" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 9:43:32 AM
Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] RE: Using WDS and MDT to Upgrade to Windows 10
Ah yes I see, I had to actually google more to find out you were right about
having to be in the OS already. That is a little surprising but at least there
are powershell, login script, psexec, etc options to kick those off
automatically.
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Franciscus
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 8:14 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MDT-OSD] RE: Using WDS and MDT to Upgrade to Windows 10
Hi Sean,
That link is the same article I posted. It doesn't show what you need to do
upgrade without being in the OS.
Dan Franciscus
Systems Administrator
Information Technology Group
Institute for Advanced Study
609-734-8138
________________________________
From: "Sean Chapman" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 8:58:23 AM
Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] RE: Using WDS and MDT to Upgrade to Windows 10
I don’t think this is true, you can definitely make an upgrade TS that pulls
the settings from 7 and does not have to be kicked off in the OS.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/deploy/upgrade-to-windows-10-with-the-microsoft-deployment-toolkit
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Franciscus
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 7:44 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MDT-OSD] RE: Using WDS and MDT to Upgrade to Windows 10
Great, at least I know now.
Thanks.
Dan Franciscus
Systems Administrator
Information Technology Group
Institute for Advanced Study
609-734-8138
________________________________
From: "Marable, Mike" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 8:27:57 AM
Subject: [MDT-OSD] RE: Using WDS and MDT to Upgrade to Windows 10
No, since the upgrade process will be grabbing settings from Windows 7 (what
apps are installed, use profiles, etc.) the upgrade has to start from within
the full OS.
Mike
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Franciscus
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 8:10 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [MDT-OSD] Using WDS and MDT to Upgrade to Windows 10
Hi all,
I followed this article on using MDT to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10. My
question is, can I boot machines with WDS and PXE to run the upgrade task
sequence instead of running it from a logged on computer? When I attempt this
for some reason the window does not show the task sequence for upgrading at
all, it is blank. Although if I run the litetouch.vbs while logged into the
computer, it works fine just like in the article. Wondering if what I am trying
to do is supported.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/deploy/upgrade-to-windows-10-with-the-microsoft-deployment-toolkit
Dan Franciscus
Systems Administrator
Information Technology Group
Institute for Advanced Study
609-734-8138
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