This section is for help with imaging Windows 10 computers with MDT and pxe boot.

MDT Lab Imaging Process

1. Add Server DVD iso to MDT, Import OS into Deployment Workbench
2. Then add the boot.wim and install.wim file to WDS Windows Deployment Services in Install Images folder and Boot Images Folder
3. Image server by booting to pxe and choosing MDT, then Windows Server 2019
4. fill in options as you go
5. then install all newest versions of design and grad lab software
6. Create compiled wim image to image to other server machines
7. Pxe into WDS and choose Task sequence to image the reference image onto other workstations

Roles/Features to Add

• Enable Desktop Experience to add snipping tools by going to Add/Remove Roles Features, then Features, then “User Interfaces and Infrastructures”, and add Desktop Experience, then install.
• Enable .Net 3.5 in add Roles/Features

Sysprep/ Capture/ and Image using Full Reference Image Once all software is installed and you get the Lab machine like you want it!

1. Sysprep the local ready to go lab computer (C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /shutdown)
2. Create a Sysprep and Capture Task Sequence in MDT Deployment Workbench *(Turn OFF Execute Sysprep in the task sequence in both places because we have already sysprepped the machine the way we want it)*
3. PXE Boot into WDS, Select the Sysprep and Capture Task Sequence Named (Capture WIM Lab Image), log into WDS server using provided credentials, on “Capture Image” tab choose “Capture an Image of this Reference Computer”, then type location of Capture folder on deployment share, then name the wim file “Lab-Image-Reference-Win2019.wim”, then finish and it will create a wim Image of the computer.
4. After the WIM Image is complete, create another separate task sequence to image onto the new blank computers. Use the reference.wim image you made in last step.

Youtube MDT Sysprepped Reference Image Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z58jNvENrnY

This URL below is just a note, if you want to create a USB drive with WinPE on it to install a WIM image. We don't currently use this method, but it can be used if you don't want to use MDT. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/iot-ent-sysprep-capture-deploy