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- Designed to be run on Windows Server 2016+
- The script must be run as an administrator.
- Tested with Windows PowerShell 5 (The version of PowerShell included with Windows Server 2016+) and PowerShell 7.
- Tested on Windows Server 2022.
This script will install and configure Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and its prerequisites on a Windows computer with an internet connection. It has been tested on a basic Windows Server 2022 Standard edition virtual machine.
Here is what the script will do:
- Download the installers for Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, the latest MDT patch, the latest ADK and WinPE for ADK.
- Silently install all the above.
- Create an MDT deployment share(s) and the folder structure.
- Download Windows 10/11 from the Media Creation Tool (this requires some user input).
- Convert the Windows 10/11 install ESD to a WIM file for MDT and import it.
- Create Package folders and Selection Profiles for Windows 10/11.
- Import Task Sequence templates.
- Set the configuration of CustomSettings.ini for the share(s).
- Generate the boot media.
- Create Package and Driver folders and Selection Profiles.
When complete the server will be configured to be able to deploy a Windows 10/11 image. There is an option to create a "Build and Capture" environment to create a gold image for Windows 10/11. Once captured the image can then be imported into the Deployment share and create a Task Sequence using the template included.
Some user interaction is still required. For example: importing drivers, adding applications and other things specific to the images you want to deploy.
When you run the script it will ask you a series of questions to customise your installation.
- Windows version and update code (eg. W10-22H2)
- Download and convert Windows ESD, edition, language
- Optional Build share path (eg. C:\BuildShare)
- Optional Build share name (eg. BuildShare$)
- Deploy share path (eg. C:\DeployShare)
- Deploy share name (eg. DeployShare$)
- Time zone name for the deployed image (eg. GMT Standard Time)
- Keyboard locale code for the deployed image (eg. 0809:00000809) Please see Microsoft Docs for all the input locales
- Keyboard locale name for the deployed image (eg. en-GB)
- Windows UI language for the deployed image (eg. en-GB)
- Windows user language for the deployed image (eg. en-GB)
- Domain group for MDT Admins (eg. mdt-admins)
- Domain user for domain join (eg. djoin)
- Domain password for above user (eg. p@ssw0rD)
- Domain name for above user (eg. contoso.com)
- OU for new PC account (eg. OU=PCs,DC=contoso,DC=com)
- WSUS server name and port (eg. WSUS-Srv:8530)
Create a folder on a local disk and put the script inside it.
Run From PowerShell:
[path to script]\MDT-Setup.ps1This will run the script, user interaction is required to continue.
- Updated download links for the ADK to the latest December 2024 versions which work fully with Windows 11 24H2.
- Changed Default Windows to Windows 11 - Windows 10 still an option.
- Added a leading '0' to the dates in the names of the 'Logs' and 'DyanamicLogs' inside the deployment shares.
- Added option to create a single deployment share for those who do not want to build a gold image.
- Updated Windows 11 Media Creation Tool link to get version 23H2.
- Fixed an issue with the device path of a mounted ISO file being hardcoded. It is now dynamic.
- The latest version of the Windows ADK and Win PE ADK add-on are now installed. Please note that x86 boot media is now not available due to the new ADK not supporting the architecture.
- Added fixes for the latest version of Windows ADK from: metisit.com
- Fixed an issue where the Windows ISO file name was hard coded.
- Reordered the process so all the user interaction is done up front. When user interaction is complete, you will be told to go make coffee.
- Cleaned up the output to be more readable.
- Added text notification when there is no update available.
- Added option to check for updates to the script.
- Fixed permissions not being set on the build and deployment shares.
- Script now asks for a domain group to be used for MDT Administrators.
- Added support for Windows 10 22H2
- Removed option to enter a key to download Windows as it isn't really needed. The provided generic key works just fine.
- Removed option to choose the edition of Windows as it will become the version that the user is licensed for when activation occurs.
- Added support for Windows 11
- Streamlined some locale options so the user isn't prompted so much for the same information.
- Initial release