If you're looking to deploy the latest version of Windows 10 1703 (better known as the Creators Update) as a fresh install, please check out this post. This post is designed to walk through installing and configuring Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and to create a Task Sequence to upgrade to Windows 10 1703 from a previous version of Windows. … Continue reading Walkthrough: Upgrading to Windows 10 1703 (Creators Update) with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
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Walkthrough: Building a Windows Server 2016 Reference Image with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
In a previous post I walked through how to install MDT, it's dependencies, and how to create a reference image to deploy. In this post I'll be doing the same thing but centred around building a Windows Server 2016 image using a Hyper-V virtual machine. Installing & Configuring Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Dependencies. We'll be using Microsoft … Continue reading Walkthrough: Building a Windows Server 2016 Reference Image with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Walkthrough: Building a Windows 10 1703 (Creators Update) Reference Image with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Following on from a previous post which covers some queries and issues I had when first deploying Windows 10 1703 (better known as the Creators Update) this post is designed to walk through installing and configuring Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to build a reference image of Windows 10 1703 using a Hyper-V Virtual Machine. Installing & Configuring Microsoft Deployment … Continue reading Walkthrough: Building a Windows 10 1703 (Creators Update) Reference Image with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
PowerShell: Image Factory for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Hyper-V
In a previous post I wrote about my Image Factory for MDT, powered by Hyper-V and PowerShell. This post will serve as a change log and documentation page, as my previous post was more about how the script is written as a reference. My Image Factory script is also available to download from the TechNet … Continue reading PowerShell: Image Factory for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Hyper-V
PowerShell: Hyper-V Backup With Checkpoints/Snapshots
UPDATE: This post is old and intended as a walk through on how my original script was put together for those wishing to learn PowerShell. For the finished, up-to-date script please check out this post and you can download the script from my TechNet profile. I previously posted a quick and dirty Hyper-V backup script … Continue reading PowerShell: Hyper-V Backup With Checkpoints/Snapshots
PowerShell: Fully Automated Image Factory for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
UPDATE: This post is old and intended as a walk through on how my original script was put together for those wishing to learn PowerShell. For the finished, up-to-date script please check out this post and you can download the script from my TechNet profile. Recently I've been looking into automating my image build process … Continue reading PowerShell: Fully Automated Image Factory for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
A Quick and Dirty Hyper-V Backup Script
I've replaced this script with a much more robust script that will backup each VM, including checkpoints/snapshots. You can find that post here and download the script from my TechNet profile. Let's celebrate the holiday season with a quick PowerShell script to backup a Hyper-V server...or maybe you just need a quick and dirty, belt … Continue reading A Quick and Dirty Hyper-V Backup Script
Paint 3D Preview with a Hyper-V Virtual Machine
If you've seen the news from the latest Microsoft Event, you'll know that the next Windows 10 update, dubbed the "Creator Update" will be out early next year.
