How to extend the MDT 2010 database with custom settings

Add a new column to the settings table (can be done with SQL Management Studio) Capture

 

Give it a name and specify a datatype Capture2

 

Run the following stored procedure against the MDT database

EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[ComputerSettings]'
EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[LocationSettings]'
EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[MakeModelSettings]'
EXECUTE sp_refreshview '[dbo].[RoleSettings]'

Edit the customsettings.ini with the new column

Under the [Settings] section add your column name to the properties line

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Now its possible to add a value to the column you added.

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To test this run: cscript ZTIGather.wsf /inifile:E:\deployshare\CustomSettings.ini from the scripts directory and point to the customsettings.ini file that is configured with the settings to query the MDT database.

 

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Now we can see that the property CustomCollection002 is set to C0010000

 

To reference the new value you would use the variable %CustomCollection002%

 

For more information see the section “Extending the Schema of the MDT DB” in “Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.docx” that can be downloaded here: Optional - MDT 2010 Print-Ready Documentation