Speed Up MDT Toolkit during OSD

I was recently given a tip on how to speed up the MDT Toolkit Package part when running the Operating System Deployments within my SCCM environment. This is a simple yet effective change that slightly speeds things up if you have MDT integration enabled. The change is turning off a built in setting to delay the MDT toolkit from loading for 30 seconds. To do this, follow the below instructions: Go into your MDT toolkit package source folder and in the Scripts folder locate the ZTISCCM.wsf file.

Then, using a tool like Notepad++ look for a line of code as per below:

wscript.sleep 30000

You should then delete that line or just comment it out of the code, then update your required distribution points and give it a try. It will knock out 30 seconds of delay for each part that you load your MDT Toolkit during OSD.

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Andrew Armstrong is a UK-based IT professional with 26+ years of hands-on experience in Windows, Windows Server, SCCM/ConfigMgr, Active Directory, PowerShell, and enterprise infrastructure.

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6 thoughts on “MDT Toolkit speed up during OSD”

Dave says:

15 February 2017 at 16:44

This sleep doesn’t exist in the file in an MDT 2013 U2 toolkit package
1. tghadmin says:
  
  15 February 2017 at 17:47
  
  The post is 3 and a half years old so I think this was for v2010. Microsoft may have removed the sleep on the mdt package now.
Dave says:

19 August 2018 at 14:53

This sleep doesn’t exist in the file in an MDT 2013 U2 toolkit package
1. tghadmin says:
  
  19 August 2018 at 14:53
  
  The post is 3 and a half years old so I think this was for v2010. Microsoft may have removed the sleep on the mdt package now.
Dave says:

4 August 2019 at 16:24

This sleep doesn’t exist in the file in an MDT 2013 U2 toolkit package
1. tghadmin says:
  
  4 August 2019 at 16:24
  
  The post is 3 and a half years old so I think this was for v2010. Microsoft may have removed the sleep on the mdt package now.

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