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MDT 2010 New Feature #14: Database improvements

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There were two main database limitations in MDT 2008 Update 1:

  1. We didn’t add any new “settings” columns – the list of available settings was still the same as it was originally in BDD 2007.
  2. To add new columns to the database and to have them show up in the Deployment Workbench required making code changes to Deployment Workbench, definitely not a trivial exercise.

With MDT 2010 Beta 2, we’ve fixed those limitations:

  • We’ve added lots of additional columns, enabling you to configure any setting that could be specified via CustomSettings.ini.
  • The upgrade process will modify any existing databases to add the new columns.
  • The user interface in the Deployment Workbench will show any new columns without making any code changes, so you can add your own columns to the Settings table fairly easily (some SQL Server knowledge is required, obviously).

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If you are looking for the database node in MDT 2010 Beta 2, you can find it under the deployment share’s “Advanced Configuration” node.  That means that each deployment share can have its own database, too.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    I figured, i remember poking around the source code and feeling the same way you did in the first section of this post :)  I ended up making a web-ui to handle it instead (less to update if the MDT gets changed) Thanks for the fast response! looking forward to rolling out MDT 2010 :)

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    The UI will only handle new columns added to the existing Settings table, sorry. -Michael