In MDT, it is possible to activate the monitoring, which makes it possible to follow the deployment of the stations and to have a progress report from the console. The state of the deployments is kept for 3 days.
Activation of the monitoring
To enable monitoring, right-click on the MDT share and click Properties. Go to the Monitoring tab 1 , select the Enable monitoring for this deployment 2 check box and enter the IP address or host name of the MDT server 3 .
![Enable monitoring](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mdt-monitoring-01-486x400.png)
Then go to the Rules 1 tab and in the Default section add the parameter EventService 2 indicating the name of the MDT server and the port (9800), click on Apply 3 and OK 4.
EventService=http://server-mdt:9800
![MDT Monitoing config](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mdt-monitoring-02-1-486x400.png)
Open the services on the MDT server and verify that the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Monitor Service 1 is running.
![Services Windows](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mdt-monitoring-03-562x400.png)
To test that the service is running, on the MDT server, open an internet browser and enter the following address: http // localhost: 9800 / MDTMonitorEvent /, the following page should appear. If this is not the case check the firewall or try to restart the service.
![Monitoring test](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mdt-monitoring-04-600x198.png)
Test the monitoring
Start a deployment from the MDT service, once it is in progress, go to the MDT console and click on Monitoring 1 . The item being deployed 2 should be displayed.
![List](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mdt-monitoring-05-600x157.png)
To view details and progress, simply double click on the item.
![More info](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mdt-monitoring-06-486x400.png)
Customize the monitoring
Change the retention of deployments
It is possible to change the number of days in the deployment history. Open the Microsoft.BDD.MonitorService.exe.config file that is located in C: \ Program Files \ Microsoft Deployment Toolkit \ Monitor and change the value of the MaxDays parameter.
<setting name="MaxDays" serializeAs="String">
<value>3</value>
</setting>
Restart the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Monitor Service to apply the new settings.
Advanced monitoring tools
If you want advanced tools to oversee your deployments, the site Syst & Deploy offers several scripts.
I followed your tutorial and got to the section to test the running service on the MDT server with http://localhost:9800/MDTMonitorEvent.
The header of the website just shows « Service » and the body of the website shows « Endpoint not found. »
I tried Googling « MDTMonitorEvent endpoint not found » and found nothing on endpoint not found.
Do you know why this is displaying?
Thank you, Scott