

The cmdlet to use to create a deployment share manually, Add-MDTPersistentDrive, requires a Windows PowerShell drive to exist, which can then be used from the Deployment Workbench. Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) is the original name for early versions of MDT, and its name is still displayed in a few places in the MDT product. However, before using Windows PowerShell, add the BDD snapin manually by running the Add-PSSnapIn command. If a network path is specified, a UNC path must be used.įIGURE 2-19 MDT New Deployment Share Wizard, Options pageĪlternatively, if a shared folder already exists, you can use Windows PowerShell to create a deployment share. If a local path is specified, the share name can also be customized. The wizard will ask for the path that the folder should reside in and accepts local and network paths, as shown in Figure 2-18. By default, the share will be hidden and thus end with a dollar sign.

First, after MDT has been installed, you can use the Deployment Workbench, which has a built-in wizard that creates a shared folder as a deployment share. There are two methods of creating a deployment share.
