Create a Microsoft Image Rhonda Layfield Sr. Deployment Architect

Rhonda Layfield  30 + years in IT  7x Setup & Deployment MVP  International Presenter  Trainer  Consultant 

Overview  Tool to use  Features of MDT  What you should put in an image  Reference vs Master Image  Customizing your image  Automating your image

Tool to Use  Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)  Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)  Or  Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (WADK)  And  Which version?

Depends on What OS You Are Deploying  Deploying Windows 7  MDT 2012 Update 1 + WAIK for Windows 7  Deploying Windows 8.0  MDT WADK for Windows 8 version 1  Deploying Windows 8.1  MDT WADK for Windows 8 version 2

Major Differences  Version of PowerShell Supported  User State Migration Tool (USMT)  WinPE  UEFI Support

Features of MDT

MDT 2013 Deployment Server W8.1 DVD 1 1 Add an OS 2 2 Boot Target Deploy OS 3 3

OR Bare Metal Deploy From UFD ProNo network connectivity needed ConNo version control

Linked Deployment Share MDT DS Washington DC New York Dallas OS Application Drivers Task Sequences Good WAN Links OS Application Drivers Task Sequences OS Application Drivers Task Sequences

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What Should Be In The Image  That depends  How often do you want to update it?  Fully patched  Upgraded versions of software  Typically images are regenerated times a year

Reference Image vs Master Image  Reference Image  This builds the Master image  Add OS, Applications and Drivers  Create a Task Sequence  Deploy and Capture Image  Use a VM  Master Image  Deployed to target machines

Create Reference Image MDT 2013 Deployment Server W8.1 DVD 1 1 Add an OS Create A Reference 2 2 Deploy OS 3 3 Store Image SYSPREP

Create Reference Image

Customize The Image  Windows System Image Manager (WSIM)  You can do anything in here  No REALLY  Even add scripting

Automate The Image  2 files that drive your deployments:  Bootstrap.ini  UNC path clients connect to deploy an image  CustomSettings.ini  Customize and Automate  Your Best Friend  MDT Help File

Customize and Automate

Why Not Use SCCM?  You build the image in MDT  Deploy the image with SCCM  A lot more overhead

What We Covered  MDT is the tool to use  Features of MDT  What should be put in an image  Difference between a Reference vs Master Image  How to customize your image  How to automate your image

Next Sessions  What’s New in the Windows Deployment Tools  Deploying Windows 8.1 Using SCCM 2012 R2 - 14:15