How to Deploy Windows 7 using MDT
Open Deployment work bench and create a deployment share as Windows 7 and finish the wizard.
After creating the deployment share start adding the content.
Create a folder windows 7 and next finish
Right click on windows 7 folder and select import operating system and next select full setup source file and select the ISO image of windows 7 and provide the descripted name and click finish.
If would like add application go to applications create a folder and give the name and if you want to add acrobat reader and version and select the Source directory of Adobe application
From the command line installation enter the command line installation path.
Now select the Task sequence and create the folder and name it as windows 7 right click on windows 7 and enter task sequence id and name of the task
Select Standard template and select the OS sequence that we have added. If you have KMS server no need to enter product key and set the admin account and password and finish
Now right click on OS sequence and properties and select Task sequence and set the required information and if you have to inject the drivers you can add. If you want install applications we if we want we can add applications.
After adding OS, you need update deployment share create a boot image . to do this right click on Deployment share and click on update deployment share. And finish the wizard.
After completing the update, if we go to boot folder we can see different boot images. And select the light touch ISO file.
To install the OS boot the computer with light touch boot image ISO file and default deployment wizard will click on run and create login account and select the sequence.
Capture WIM image using MDT tool?
Create a Task sequence and enter task id and sequence name
In task sequence Template and select the Sysprep and capture in the OS dialogue box
We select existing OS that we have created earlier, provide user name and password and click finish
Now Go to MDT share and go to scripts folder and run Bbb.autorun file and select sysprep and capture image option.
Click next and select capture and image the reference computer button and enter the creditentials to access network share. And sysprep will run to generalize the machine. and imagex will run to capture the image. And the image file will be captured.