How to add drop down OU selection boxes to MDT

Goal

• Add a drop down selection box containing pre defined OUs onto the Computer Name GUI in MDT

Solution

Download and copy over the files from Prerequisites below into your deployment share

Edit the DomainOUList.xml file and populate with your OU distinguished names

Once done you will need to re-create your deployment share and replace the image on WDS

Boot up into MDT and you should now see a drop down selection box next to OU

If you do not see this box ensure you do not have SkipDomainMembership=YES in your deployment rules,

Let the deployment finish, once done the machine will be joined and have been put into the OU you selected.

The machine is now ready to go and as it was put into the correct OU from the start should have all its GPO object already applied.

Prerequisites

You will need to download the zip file below, extract and copy the files into the Scripts folder inside your Deployment Share folder

• MDT OU

Internal Links

•  Installing And Configuring MDT For Windows 10 Minimal Touch Deployments (theictguy.co.uk)

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