Update 20/10/2017: If SysPrep is consistently failing, please read this blog post from Johan Arwidmark's Deployment Research on why this happens and how to fix it. In short, you should either disable internet access for the VM that is creating the Windows 10 image or change some registry keys to prevent the apps from downloading. Johan … Continue reading Walkthrough: Building a Windows 10 1709 (Fall Creators Update) Reference Image with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
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From Zero to 10 – Windows 10 Deployment Round-up
This is a round-up all my previous posts regarding deployment and configuring Windows 10, installing Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Windows Server Update Services into one post for reference. Installing and Configuring a WSUS Server Installing WSUS from scratch! Resolving WSUS Connection Errors On Windows Server 2012 R2 Installing and Configuring Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Getting Started … Continue reading From Zero to 10 – Windows 10 Deployment Round-up
Windows 10 1709 Fall Creators Update Deployment Preview
I've been testing a preview build of Windows 10 1709 - the Fall Creators Update with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and putting it through a few task sequences. I'm happy to say that I've not encountered any issues, which I did with previous updates. Keep reading for more info on my testing below. The main point … Continue reading Windows 10 1709 Fall Creators Update Deployment Preview
PowerShell: Image Factory for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Hyper-V (Update 2.6)
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 Microsoft … Continue reading PowerShell: Image Factory for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Hyper-V (Update 2.6)
Walkthrough: Upgrading to Windows 10 1703 (Creators Update) with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
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
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
Delving into disabling OneDrive
UPDATE 11/07/2017: After testing the method below on Windows 10 1703, I found that it wasn't working as it did with 1607. To disable One Drive and remove the One Drive folder from the Navigation Pane of Windows Explorer, enable the group policy item: Computer Configuration/Policies/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/OneDrive/Prevent Usage of OneDrive for file storage and … Continue reading Delving into disabling OneDrive
PXE Booting with WDS for UEFI and BIOS Devices
In a previous post (PXE Booting for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) I mentioned that I would talk about how to set up PXE to deal with VLANs. To be honest I forgot all about it until someone on twitter reminded me - many thanks for the reminder! A lot of what I'm going to go through in … Continue reading PXE Booting with WDS for UEFI and BIOS Devices
Some Notes On Building a Windows 10 1703 (Creators Update) Reference Image with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
With the release of Windows 10 1703 (Creators Update) ISO on the Volume Licensing Service Center, I've recently been looking into using the "final" code with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to build reference images and discover what issues are present. This post is a round up of differences and issues I've found with building and … Continue reading Some Notes On Building a Windows 10 1703 (Creators Update) Reference Image with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
