Microsoft DaRT Winpe Remote Control
Installation and Configuration
- Download Microsoft MDOP 2015 from your Microsoft VLC.
- Mount the MDOP .iso and copy out .\DaRT\DaRT 10\Installers\en-us\x64\MSDaRT100.msi for Windows Server 2019 (for lower versions of Windows Server copy out .\DaRT\DaRT 8 SP1\Installers\en-us\x64\MSDaRT801.msi).
- Install the Microsoft ADK on the Sccm server (adksetup.exe)
- Install the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit on the Sccm server. (MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit_x64.msi)
- Create an new deployment share or open an existing deployment share.
- Enable monitoring on the MDT share.
- Install MSDaRT801.msi or MSDaRT100.msi on the Sccm server.
- Add EventService=http://SERVERNAME:9800 to customsettings.ini or package that contains customsettings.ini. (Update distribution points if its an Sccm package).
- Go to https://github.com/DeploymentResearch/DRFiles/tree/master/Scripts/EnableDaRT and download Add-DaRTtoBootImage.ps1 and related files.
- Edit Add-DaRTtoBootImage.ps1 to match your environment.
$BootImageName = “MDT_ADK_10.1.17134.1”
$MountPath = “D:\Tools\Mount”
$DartCab = “C:\Program Files\Microsoft DaRT 8\v8\Toolsx64.cab”
$MDTInstallationPath = “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit”
$SampleFiles = “D:\Tools\Scripts”
$SiteServer = “XXX-SCCM-01”
$SiteCode = “XXX”
- Edit Unattend.xml to match your environment
<Path>wscript.exe X:\Deploy\Scripts\EnableDart.wsf /EventService:http://SERVERNAME:9800 /_SMSTSCurrentActionName:”Booted into WinPE”</Path>
- Copy C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Templates\Distribution\Tools\x64\Toolsx64.cab to C:\Program Files\Microsoft DaRT 8\v8 (or v10) on the Sccm server
- Copy Add-DaRTtoBootImage.ps1, EnableDart.wsf and Unattend.xml to the Sccm server to match the value in Add-DaRTtoBootImage.ps1. ($SampleFiles = “D:\Tools\Scripts”)
- Run Add-DaRTtoBootImage.ps1 on the Sccm server
Remote Control a Machine During Winpe
- Start a build that utilizes the customsettings.ini that was edited earlier.
- Start the MDT and expand the share.
- Left click on “Monitoring” and select “Refresh”
- You now see that there is a machine in a “Running” status. Double click the machine.
- Click on the “DaRT Remote Control” button.
- You will now be able to control the machine that is being built.
Configure DaRT For Use on Admin Workstations
- Install the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. \\nossaman.local\dfs\Source\BlueLeafTechnologies\DropZone-x64\Microsoft_Dart_10.0\MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit_x64.msi
- Install the Microsoft ADK. \\nossaman.local\dfs\Source\BlueLeafTechnologies\DropZone-x64\Microsoft_Dart_10.0\adksetup.exe
- Install Microsoft DaRT 10
- Start the MDT and open existing share \\SERVERNAME\MDT_DaRT$ (Do not upgrade the content).
- Expand the Deployment Share, right click “Monitoring”, and select “Refresh”.
- Double click the machine that is being built and press the “DaRT Remote Control” button.
