MDT Windows PowerShell Cmdlets

In addition to the Deployment Workbench, MDT deployment shares can be managed using Windows PowerShell cmdlets. The MDT Windows PowerShell cmdlets are included in a Windows PowerShell snap-in—Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn—which is included with the installation of MDT.

The MDT cmdlets must be run from a Windows PowerShell console that has the MDT Windows PowerShell snap-in loaded. For more information on how to start a Windows PowerShell console that has the MDT Windows PowerShell snap-in loaded, see Loading the MDT Windows PowerShell Snap-In.

Table 7 lists the MDT Windows PowerShell cmdlets and provides a brief description of each cmdlet. Each cmdlet is discussed in further detail in a subsequent section.

Table 7. MDT Windows PowerShell Cmdlets

Cmdlet	Description
Add-MDTPersistentDrive	Adds a deployment share to the list of MDT persisted drives that can be restored using the Restore-MDTPersistentDrive cmdlet.
Disable-MDTMonitorService	Disables the MDT monitoring services.
Enable-MDTMonitorService	Enables the MDT monitoring services.
Get-MDTDeploymentShareStatistics	Displays the statistics of a deployment share, including the number of entities per major folder in the deployment share.
Get-MDTMonitorData	Displays the MDT monitoring information collected for one or more monitored MTD deployments.
Get-MDTOperatingSystemCatalog	Returns the operating system catalog for a specific operating system. If the operating system catalog does not exist or is out of date, then the operating system catalog is regenerated.
Get-MDTPersistentDrive	Displays the list of deployment shares that can be restored using the Restore-MDTPersistentDrive cmdlet.
Import-MDTApplication	Imports an application into a deployment share.
Import-MDTDriver	Imports one or more device drivers into a deployment share.
Import-MDTOperatingSystem	Imports one or more operating systems into a deployment share.
Import-MDTPackage	Imports one or more operating system packages into a deployment share.
Import-MDTTaskSequence	Imports a task sequence into a deployment share.
New-MDTDatabase	Creates or upgrades an MDT DB database that is associated with a deployment share.
Remove-MDTMonitorData	Removes one or more MDT monitoring data items from the collected MDT monitoring data in a deployment share.
Remove-MDTPersistentDrive	Removes a deployment share from the list of MDT persisted Windows PowerShell drives that can be restored using the Restore-MDTPersistentDrive cmdlet.
Restore-MDTPersistentDrive	Creates a Windows PowerShell drive for each deployment share in the list of MDT persisted Windows PowerShell drives.
Set-MDTMonitorData	Creates a new or updates an existing MDT monitoring data item in the collected MDT monitoring data in a deployment share.
Test-MDTDeploymentShare	Verifies the integrity of a deployment share.
Test-MDTMonitorData	Verifies that the MDT monitoring services is configured correctly and running.
Update-MDTDatabaseSchema	Updates the MDT DB database schema.
Update-MDTDeploymentShare	Updates a deployment share.
Update-MDTLinkedDS	Replicates content from a deployment share to a linked deployment share.
Update-MDTMedia	Replicates content from a deployment share to a deployment media folder.