Driver Management

One of the nicest features of OSD in ConfigMgr is the driver catalog, which stores all applicable drivers for all identified hardware in an organization. The deployment process uses this catalog to identify which drivers to copy to a system. Entries are made to the unattended setup file in use, which effectively adds the drivers to the internal Windows driver catalog. When added to the internal driver catalog, the drivers copied to the system are available for the setup or mini-setup plug-and-play device detection, driver installation processes, and any new hardware additions made to the system in the future.

Adding drivers to the catalog is a matter of following the steps in the “Drivers” section. As you must import drivers ...

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