I’ve been deploying Windows since the Windows 2000 and Ghost days. I began deploying Windows 10 at scale with version 1607, and over the years I’ve learned a lot and developed a good and proven system for building and deploying reference images using Task Sequences and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
Windows 11 is (so far) very similar to Windows 10, but I’ll be continuing my deployment guides and tips just as before.
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Resources
- Microsoft Deployment Toolkit | Download | Current version: Build 8456 January 25th 2019
- MDT KB4564442 Update | Download | Released May 28th 2020
- Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit | Download | Current version: Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022
- WinPE add-on for Windows ADK | Download | Current version: Windows 11
Building and Deploying Windows 11 Images
- 22H2 Update | Build and Capture | Deploy Reference Image
- 21H2 Release | Build and Capture | Deploy Reference Image
Customising Windows 11
Building and Deploying Windows 10 Images
- 22H2 Update | Build and Capture | Deploy Reference Image
- 21H2 November 2021 Update | Build and Capture | Deploy Reference Image
- 21H1 May 2021 Update | Build and Capture | Deploy Reference Image
- 20H2 October 2020 Update (20H2) | Build and Capture | Deploy Reference Image
- 2004 May 2020 Update (20H1) | Build and Capture | Deploy Reference Image
- 1909 November 2019 Update (19H2) | Build | Deploy | In-Place Upgrade
- 1903 May 2019 Update (19H1) | Build | Deploy
- 1809 October 2018 Update | Build | Deploy
- 1803 April 2018 Update | Build | Deploy
- 1709 Fall Creators Update | Build
- 1703 Creators Update | Build
- 1607 Anniversary Update | Build | Deploy
Customising Windows 10
- Resurrecting Windows Photo Viewer
- Removing Microsoft Store Apps
- Customising the Start Menu and Taskbar
- Disabling OneDrive
Windows Server Deployment
I’ve deployed hundreds of servers providing a variety of services over the years. Below are some posts I’ve written documenting the process for the servers I’ve deployed the most of. Some of the posts focus on Windows Server Core (no Desktop Experience) but even if you’re deploying Windows Server with a GUI, these will still be useful to you.