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Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

You're reading from   Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Take a deep dive into the world of Windows desktop deployment using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
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ISBN-13 9781782172499
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Imaging Concepts and Theory FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Your Environment 3. Creating Reference Images 4. Default User Profile Customization 5. CustomSettings.ini and Task Sequence 6. Drivers 7. Image Deployment 8. USMT – The User State Migration Tool 9. Troubleshooting Deployment Logs 10. Validating the Image 11. Database, UserExit Scripts, and Web Services A. Additional Enterprise Configuration Items

Importing an OS

Next we will be importing our OS. Create a folder structure in the Operating Systems area. This helps with the organization of selection profiles, which are a tool for driver organization we will get into later. It also looks better and is easier to logically manage, as shown in the following image:

Importing an OS

Right-click on the appropriate folder for the OS that you wish to import and click on Import Operating System. We need the ISO for media for this. I downloaded mine from MSDN and then mounted the ISO in Hyper-V so that it is presented to the MDT Server as a DVD:

Importing an OS

Choosing the type of OS to add

After selecting Import Operating System, you'll be asked something that probably doesn't make a lot of sense, Choose the type of operating system to add, as shown in the following screenshot:

Choosing the type of OS to add

For a reference image, we'd pretty much always start with a base OS DVD and use the top radio button for Full set of source files. However, the options are there...

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