Windows 10 Deployment Process

[chekmate1984]

I am in process of creating a new image. Our current image has windows 10 and has all software's installed for whole school. What process do you guys take usually? do you put all software part of image or as a separate install via GPO or SCCM?

 

I have not used MDT before so am i right below is correct process? If not can you advice where i need to tweak?

 

1) In a clean machine install windows

2) Windows updates

3) configure, e.g start menu desktop, clean up remove apps etc

4) Install all software's

5) Final checks/test all software runs etc

6) Export to MDT - Can someone send me guide on how to do this step if this is case?

[ThatBoringBloke]

Take a look at this thread which pretty much asked the same question last week.

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-10/202036-today-my-last-day-using-win-7-a.html

[ms3985]

My usual process is to keep the image pretty slim, then use a separate suite of software to deploy software to machines after they've been imaged. The main reason for that is the different requirements of departments - admin staff don't need visualiser software, teaching staff don't need the finance packages etc.

 

I suppose I could have a generic image that contains every piece of software that anyone could need, but that seems like it would make the imaging process long-winded.

 

In terms of imaging, I used the following two guides to set up my MDT deployment and it has served me very well.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/deploy-windows-mdt/create-a-windows-10-reference-image

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/deploy-windows-mdt/deploy-a-windows-10-image-using-mdt

 

The process is pretty much as you describe, with a few extras - for example they suggest using a virtual machine for the 'clean' machine to remove any issues with machine specific hardware.