Microsoft Deployment Toolkit – MDT and Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit – WADK

Posted by admin on May 8, 2014
Posted in: Microsoft Windows.

Here is a quick outline of the steps I followed to install the MDT and WADK on a Windows Server 2012 R2 System.  Please be advised that these are from notes from the first walkthrough of setting this system up.  I am certain there will be some typos, unnecessary steps, out of order steps, and other issues with these instructions.

  1. Install Microsoft Deployment Tools
  2. Install WADK
  3. Start Deployment Tools and create Deployment Share
  4. Right-click Operating Systems and Import Operating System
  5. Right-click Operating system and update operating system
  6. Create new install task
  7. Burn ISO file in Boot folder to CD
  8. Boot new machine from CD
  9. Start task
  10. From Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment, Create Bootable flash Drive
  11. copype amd64 C:\winpe_amd64
  12. MakeWinPEMedia /UFD C:\winpe_amd64 F:
  13. Create Deployment from Windows System Image Manager
  14. File, Create Distribution Share
  15. Copy install.wim from media to server
  16. Select Windows Image file, will have to create a catalog file

Some helpful links from Microsoft are:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dn282138

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825212.aspx

Once you boot from the remote system, you work from the command prompt to create a new image.  The tool is DISM.