BDD or MDT Rules for Automating Pre-Install Wizard

danholme — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:45:31 GMT

Below is the CUSTOMSETTINGS.INI file that you can use to automate all of the pre-install wizards (except computer name, which left "in" for sake of example):

[Settings]
Priority=Default
Properties=MyCustomProperty
[Default]
OSInstall=Y

' The properties listed below are in the order that *would* be presented
' by the Deployment Wizard.
' see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490130.aspx
' and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490304.aspx

SkipDeploymentType=NO
DeploymentType=NEWCOMPUTER

SkipComputerName=NO
ComputerName=%SerialNumber%

SkipDomainMembership=YES
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

SkipUserData=YES
UserDataLocation=NONE

SkipBuild=YES
BuildID=VISTA03

SkipProductKey=YES

SkipPackageDisplay=YES

SkipLocaleSelection=YES

; VISTA LOCALE SETTINGS
KeyboardLocale=en-us
UserLocale=en-us
InputLocale=0409:00000409
; UILanguage is the language of the end state OS
; it is not exposed in the Deployment Wizard
; but I am including here just for reference
UILanguage=en-US

; XP LOCALE SETTINGS
;InputLocale=0409:00000409
;UserLocale=0409:00000409

SkipTimeZone=YES
TimeZone=4
TimeZoneName=Pacific Standard Time

SkipApplications=YES
SkipAppsOnUpgrade=NO

; EXAMPLES-use GUID of application to "assign" or "force" app install
;Applications1={7b2200d0-14cc-4f09-acad-c44740371347}
; Applications2={7e9d10a0-42ef-4a0a-9ee2-90eb2f4e4b98}

SkipAdminPassword=YES

SkipCapture=YES
DoCapture=NO

SkipBitLocker=YES
SkipSummary=YES

Home_page=http://intranet.contoso.com

Storing documents outside a document library

danholme — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:05:49 GMT

[Archive note: I am moving many of my internal notes, tips, and things-I-need-to-research up to my blog so that I can find them more easily and in case they benefit anyone else. These items are not "news"... just notes.]

In mid-2007, Microsoft quietly released a new API for SharePoint that allows the storage of documents ("blobs" or byte[]s for the dev heads) somewhere other than in the SharePoint content database. This could be very useful someday, if someone builds a useful tool that leverages the API.

Resources:

Dan Holme : Document Libraries

BDD or MDT Rules for Automating Pre-Install Wizard

Storing documents outside a document library