Create a Microsoft Image

RHONDA LAYFIELDSR. DEPLOYMENT ARCHITECTRHONDA@DEPLOYMENTDR.COM

DMVMUG User Conference 2014 – Reston, VA

Rhonda Layfield

30 + years in IT 7x Setup & Deployment MVP International Presenter Trainer Consultant @DeploymentDr.com www.DeploymentDr.com

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 2013 + WADK for Windows 8 version 1

• Deploying Windows 8.1• MDT 2013 +WADK for Windows 8 version 2

Major Differences• Version of PowerShell Supported

• User State Migration Tool (USMT)

• WinPE

• UEFI Support

Features of MDT

Network Deployments

MDT 2013 Deployment Server

W8.1 DVDW8.1 DVD

11Add an

OSAdd an

OS

22 Boot TargetBoot

Target

Deploy OS

Deploy OS33

OR

Bare MetalBare Metal

Deploy From UFD

Pro No network connectivity needed

Con No version control

Linked Deployment Share

MDT DS

Washington DC

New York Dallas

OSApplication Drivers Task Sequences

Good WAN Links

OSApplication Drivers Task Sequences

OSApplication Drivers Task Sequences

MDT Database Feature

(c) 2011 Microsoft. All rights reserved.

MDTDeployment Server

MDTDeployment Server

Server1Server1

Server3Server3

MDT WinPE

2K8R22K8R2

DNS DCDNS DC

DHCPDHCP

I’m 00-FF-B0-2B-48-09I’m 00-FF-B0-2B-48-09

I’m 53-FF-C0-27-59-38I’m 53-FF-C0-27-59-38

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 3 -4 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 DVDW8.1 DVD

11Add an

OSAdd an

OS

Create A ReferenceCreate A Reference

22Deploy

OSDeploy

OS

Store ImageStore Image

33

SYSPREP

DEMOCreate 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

DEMOCustomize and Automate

Why Use SCCM?• You built the image in MDT

• 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