![]() ![]() As you can see, by default it is the folder name followed by and dollar sign, meaning it is hidden from network browsing. Here we can choose what name to give to the actual share, the name we will use to access the folder trough the network using a UNC path. As the name goes…I don’t mind using the default one. It is not recommended to go with the default option and create the shared folder on the C drive since this is the system drive, instead try to use a different volume. In the first screen of the New Deployment Share Wizard we get the option to choose where to create this shared folder and what to call it. Right-click this folder and choose New Deployment Share. This is where we will create our deployment shares, because we can have more then one. This is where all the boot and install images are kept, the automation scripts, rules, everything.įrom the Start menu open the MDT console which is called Deployment Workbench.Īs you can see, we have a Deployment Shares folder, but it’s empty. Now that we have our MDT installed, in order to make it work we have to create a so called Deployment Share, which is exactly what it sounds like…a share. If you followed along and have all the prerequisites in order everything will complete with no errors or interruptions whatsoever. It will take just a few seconds, and I’m not kidding here, the installation of MDT it actually takes a few seconds to complete. Choose by clicking one of the radio buttons then hit Next.Īnd now click Install to begin the installation of MDT. This is up to you, join or not joint the Customer Experience Improvement Program. Keep the default features that come with MDT since they don’t take much space and hit Next. Go ahead, download the version that matches your platform then run the executable. Installing Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) On the the ADK installation wizard we can remove some of the features since they are not needed by MDT just by clicking the box next to them.Īnd that’s it, we can now move to the actual installation of MDT. Install the packages, first the ADK then the Windows PE add-on. ![]() Make sure you download both packages from the web page, the Windows ADK for Windows 10 and the Windows PE add-on for ADK. Up until version 1803 this was just one package containing everything we needed, but now Microsoft split this in two for whatever reason. Now let’s take care of the last prerequisite needed for MDT, the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10. It will take a while because the wizard will need to download the complete installation package from Microsoft, but if you have a large internet pipe, the installation should complete in a few minutes.ĭownload and install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) Go to Microsoft’s web site, download it, then run the program.Īccept the license terms then hit the Install button to begin the. I presume you already have your Windows Server installed, so let’s move on at the. Downloading and Installing MDT prerequisites Download and install. The third prerequisite, which is also the largest one in terms of space is Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10. The first one off course, is to have an OS where we can install it, and MDT supports a variety of Microsoft’s operating systems like Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, but for this article I am going to use a Windows Server 2019 edition, which is the latest at the time of this writing. MDT does not have much of these, actually if I think about it there are just three of them. ![]() Now I want to “push” a small update for those that are just starting using MDT so they can successfully install it and deploy their choose Windows OS, which is Windows 10 nowadays.įirst things first, prerequisites. Don’t get me wrong, they will still work, but a few things have changed since I wrote those articles, especially on the MDT installation and configuration part. I was browsing my blog, and during this time I noticed I have a series of articles on how to install and configure MDT so you can successfully deploy your chosen OS in your company, but they are outdated. ![]()
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