Deploying Windows 11 using MDT Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a free tool that helps IT professionals automate the deployment of Windows operating systems, as well as other Microsoft products such as Office, across multiple devices. MDT provides a range of features, including the ability to customize deployment configurations, create task sequences, and automate the installation of applications, drivers, and updates.
To create a task sequence for deploying Windows 11 using MDT, you can follow these steps:
Install MDT: Download and install the latest version of MDT from the Microsoft Download Center.
Import the Windows 11 operating system: Download the Windows 11 installation files and import them into MDT. You can do this by creating a new deployment share, selecting the operating system files as the source files, and importing them into MDT.
Create a task sequence: In MDT, create a new task sequence for deploying Windows 11. You can do this by selecting the "Task Sequences" node in the MDT workbench and choosing "New Task Sequence" from the context menu. Follow the wizard to create the task sequence, specifying the operating system and any additional applications, drivers, or updates that you want to include.
Configure the task sequence: Configure the task sequence settings, such as the deployment type (such as a clean install or an upgrade), the language and locale settings, and the disk partitioning options.
Customize the task sequence: Customize the task sequence by adding custom scripts or tasks that are specific to your deployment needs. You can use MDT's built-in scripting capabilities or add your own scripts to the task sequence.
Test the task sequence: Test the task sequence by running it in a virtual machine or a test environment. This will help you identify any issues or errors before deploying to production devices.
Deploy the task sequence: Once you have tested the task sequence and are confident that it is working correctly, deploy it to your production devices using MDT's deployment capabilities.

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@AZbyNite 6 ай бұрын

It was the cheesy fade in intro for me 😂 I knew he was legit immediately absolutely subscribing 🤣

@mwcloud 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@dragonstorm9968 10 ай бұрын

A very learnfull video for me, i'm currently testing Windows Deployment in a virtual machine and this is will be deprecated over time so i'll have to find another peace of good software like Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to test with.

@AlessandroPalmigiano Ай бұрын

Very helpful and easy to understand, tks mate !

@samv5876 Жыл бұрын

useful as the new MD102 exam coming up has some bits around MDT and its been a hot minute since I did any MDT work. Its all just Intune now days :)

@mwcloud Жыл бұрын

I am teaching the MD-102 this week, it has the exact same MDT labs and content as the MD-101. It really shouldn't be there anymore but MS wanted to pad out the course I guess

@JustinsGarage Ай бұрын

I’m surprised that an actual in-depth video on MDT came from a year ago considering how old MDT is.

@mwcloud Ай бұрын

I am more surprised it is one of my best performing videos. I suppose there are still a lot of people using MDT to make images

@ScotsHighl4nder 7 ай бұрын

Nice video, not sure you need to show and generate the Lite Touch Boot Image for x86 Win PE as as you don't actually use the x86 WinPE wim or ISO. Minor thing but may confuse some viewers :-)

@cmb7556 11 ай бұрын

Is there a way to have credentials entered automatically at the Deployment wizard stage (17:46 of video)? Thanks

@LuvxJacqu4li8e 10 ай бұрын

Hey Mike while trying to select the iso, I couldn't find the deployment share folder even though it is shared. It's not showing up under my DC at all. I even gave Everyone permission

@iblis2k 5 ай бұрын

Thanks alot! :)

@mwcloud 5 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@sdsdsd6470 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video

@mwcloud 2 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

@123doctor123 10 ай бұрын

Hi there. this is a very helpfull video and thank you for creating it however i do have a question. Is there a way of making MDT ask the user which drive the OS is to be installed on? if so, how could this be done? to explain, if i get a pc that has more than one drive, MDT will install the OS depending on the order the BIOS sees the drives which is a problem if the customer has an M.2 drive as the BIOS does detect this but not as a bootable option until windows is installed. I have obviously tried changing the boot order in the BIOS but this has not worked.

@mwcloud 7 ай бұрын

create several txt files for each possible partition (probably max. 4). The txt files will have code for DiskPart, each wiping and formatting that specific partition. Then create a Task Seq. for each and call them in the Format section like this: 1: diskpart /s "%scriptroot%\DiskPartOnlyPar1.txt" 2: diskpart /s "%scriptroot%\DiskPartOnlyPar2.txt" etc. This way I can choose a TS that correspond to the partition

@tranhoangkhoi6853 Ай бұрын

Your video is excellent! I'd like to ask, can I add Photoshop or 3ds Max to the MDT application package for installation? I really hope you can help me with this.

@mwcloud 20 күн бұрын

Yes, absolutely

@rookie1967yg Жыл бұрын

Hi , I am not able to deploy to a workstation with 2 disks . It looks like it is running , bu ta a certain stage I get 15250bcdbootex failure . What is the fix for this ?

@mwcloud Жыл бұрын

please take a look at this guide here for that issue learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/184853/mdt-adk1809-failure-(-5616-)-15250-verify-bcdboote

@Nerd404-fv7qw 3 ай бұрын

At my job there already exist a deployment share for windows 10 and I have to create a new image myself for windows 11. Do I need a fresh deployment share for my windows 11 iso or can I place it in the existing deployment share's Operating System folder and be fine??

@mwcloud 3 ай бұрын

Existing it fine, you can have multiple images in the same share

@user-od8sk5dy1n 5 ай бұрын

I'm trying to use mdt in my company environment (have domain) and met some problems such as "invalid unc path mdt" when i enter MDT interface but i tested in Hyper V before. Could you give some advices for me? TT

@mwcloud 4 ай бұрын

A UNC path is a file share, the MDT share is an SMB file share with a UNC path to it. They cant have things like spaces. There is not much to go on there but your error is something to do with the MDT file share

@eastsidelutherancollege1366 7 ай бұрын

What happened when you were showing at the 12:24 mark? At the application install you said something about if statements then what looked like you going blank. Instead of going back and explaining you skipped it completely

@mwcloud 7 ай бұрын

Sorry, I meant to cut that out, sometimes when you talk and demo at the same time you have a brain/finger disconnect. I click on something I did not have anything prepared to say for. Well spotted.

@mugileeshwaranj.s8484 4 ай бұрын

Hey , i was trying to run the image on VM Its giving me this error. A connection to the deployment share ANILDCHNLAPO570\MDTPOCS) could not be made. Connection OK. Possible cause: invalid credentials. Retry: Try again to connect to the deployment share Cancel: Give up, cancelling any in-progress task sequence Csn you help me over this issue?

@mwcloud 3 ай бұрын

That’s an authentication issue in your own domain to the share.

@exlr8in Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike, Thanks Thanks for the Video, Much Appreciated. SSD M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 Performance TLC Opal: 1. While I was successful to inject drivers to deploy a raw windows image to a Lenovo P360 using an M.2 SSD, I was not so lucky when it came to Capture the custom image. 2. After initiating Sysprep Script, the system reboots and it craps out. It can no longer find the M.2 SSD. QQ: 3. Have you had experience on how to remediate or inject drivers to MDT Sysprep Sequence Template?

@mwcloud Жыл бұрын

have a look at the sysprep logs the setupact.log file in C:\windows\system32\sysprep\

@exlr8in Жыл бұрын

@@mwcloud I do not have that file in that location but I do have the complete BDD file (Where can I upload it to), It looks good but I am not sure if I am reading the physical process results correctly. Meaning, that perhaps the capture worked and when the PC rebooted it no longer was able to find the ssd which is okay cuz it does not really matter because the capture finished or or there are some more steps that the capture needs to completed which is why it would be important to have the pc reboot correctly? There is a new wim in the capture folder but because I saw the pc reboot into error mode, I left for the day yesterday tired, called it a day haha! when back to office I guess I could try to deploy the new wim to see if it is all good and the pc rebooting into error mode is just what it is? Error on about NIC [block] The operation completed successfully.]LOG]!> [/block] total of 1520 lines, these are the last once [block] [==========================100.0%==========================] ]LOG]!> The operation completed successfully.]LOG]!>

@mwcloud Жыл бұрын

From the info you have provided there I do not have any idea why this is happening to you, but, what I would do now is take your base computer you are trying to image, use this tool learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd to use volume shadow copy to make a VHD from the live disk, then load it into hyper-v, it will go nuts for a bit in regards to new virtual hardware as it sorts its drivers out, then image the VM with MDT and try to deploy that image. Something is going wrong with your drivers but I do no know what so that process will set all the drivers to use a hyper-v set to communicate to virtual hardware and windows will try and redetect your M.2 fresh when you use that image again on real hardware

@exlr8in Жыл бұрын

@@mwcloud Copy

@markmcdede124 8 ай бұрын

HI, MIke i want to upgrade over a 100 PC's to win 11, nationwide, do you have any tutorial on that

@mwcloud 7 ай бұрын

Sorry, I do not, I might make one in the future for doing many machines

@hv3300 5 ай бұрын

Just curious Install of ADK and ADK pe for win 11 not required?

@mwcloud 4 ай бұрын

You will need it if you want to customise things

@stevenv2190 Ай бұрын

Can this be used to deploy MS Surface tabs? - Got a bunch of MS Surface 9 Pro tabs and it is not easy to get them prepared each manually - removing bloat, pre-installed office, and installing updates. have not gone through the whole video...

@mwcloud Ай бұрын

Yes, but I have done that in a better way in the past as the Surface was always picky about being booted over a network. Get a big usb flash drive, load the whole image onto that and then use it to install to the surfaces. Or, use intune and windows autopilot if you have it.

@dafoomie Ай бұрын

We've deployed about 500 Surfaces this way, it works well for us but it won't work with the ARM versions. You need either the official Surface ethernet adapters or official Surface docks to PXE boot.

@praveentadepalli1255 4 ай бұрын

While adding boot image im getting following error"The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion" What is the solution?

@mwcloud 3 ай бұрын

I really don’t know without looking at your logs

@user-qi7ll8jv3l 3 ай бұрын

hello my friend, thank you for the videos you explain so great. I have a server 2016 and want to roll out Windows 11 Enterprise, unfortunately I get strange errors. For example, some GPO do not work and the installation of a network drive tries a blue screen in Windows 11. Thank you for your support. With kind regards bella

@mwcloud 3 ай бұрын

That could be many things, you need to start by looking at the logs on the machine you are deploying to find out why you get a blue screen on a network drive. There will be a reason for a blue screen in there and you can google the error code you are getting

@fbifido2 Жыл бұрын

Please do a Standalone MDT Windows 11 zero touch deployment !!!

@mwcloud Жыл бұрын

You will need SCCM to do that correctly, but yeh, sure, I will do that

@fbifido2 Жыл бұрын

@@mwcloud are you saying MDT can't do zero touch? what do you mean correctly?

@davidov2113 5 ай бұрын

When I do this I used WinZip as a test case for application install and all that happens is the install wizard runs after os install is finished. Is there a way to install an application without any user input?

@mwcloud 5 ай бұрын

What you want to do is called a 'quiet install' and the way you do it varies from package to package, a quick google for 'winamp silent install' shows this forums.winamp.com/forum/winamp/winamp-technical-support/137612-winamp-5-install-switches?threadid=161367&highlight=/install=SFQDRA

@mwcloud 5 ай бұрын

sorry, winzip, same answer applies. Search for 'WinZip Quiet Install"