Sorry its a bit long winded and confusing. If there is new software or drivers I add this to MDT as needed. Start my VM (W7 or W10), update/patch, snapshot, sysprep & capture & import into MDT, shutdown.Ĭhange my task sequences to use the new captured WIM. The OS installs, drivers install, apps install, scripts run, reboots etc until its complete. Select any additional software I want installed (or driver sets, custom scripts etc).Select the Task sequence (which I've already set the captured OS to).Revert the snapshot to update my WIM later on.From here I can use this WIM to deploy to any client.This automatically does the sysprep and capture and create's a WIM which I import into MDT on my desktop.In one of the VM's above I create a snapshot, run ospprearm (for office) then run a task sequence that does a sysprep & capture only.I only have two VM's - Windows 7 x86 (old hardware/32bit CPU's) and Windows 10 圆4 which I keep up to date.I update using windows update (or I could use WSUS).Also installed is any base software I want across all my clients (Office 2016).Already installed is vanilla Windows on a VM in workstation (I make the system partition 500MB, OS on the rest of the virtual drive to match what MDT wants).

So at the moment I deploy 'not the official way':

Once the above two steps are done (OS + Drivers) I can update the deployment share and create a lite-touch boot image to import into WDS which starts the deployment process at the client end.The others deploy my captured WIM's to the client machines. MDT Task Sequence: I have two types, one that just sysprep's and captures.MDT Applications: I've imported/configured all my software to install silent, (so Office 2016, Adobe Master Collection, Symantec, VLC, Sibelius, Java, Chrome/Firefox etc etc).

MDT Out-Of-Box Drivers: I've created driver sets for each of my different hardware types (one for tela laptops, one for our lenovo PC's, another for HP desktops, and I generally only import network and sata drivers).MDT Operating Systems: I have imported Windows 10 x86 and 圆4 (RTM, vanilla software).MDT 2013 U1 and latest ADK installed on my local PC.Two ways to start with, either a dedicated server for everything (WDS, MDT, AIK, Vanilla OS etc) or currently I have a server running WDS, and my desktop PC for everything else. Its frustrating when things don't work - I don't image the recommended way either but I build mine for speed and ability for mixed hardware.

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