Hey guys welcome back this is Bernardo from the BTNHD and today is all
about installing MDT 8456 now this is the step by step process so let's get
started now the first thing we need to do is download the MDT 8456 executable
file I will provide the link for you guys so don't worry about it
this is the website you're gonna click on download and once you click on
download it's gonna give you an option to download the 64-bit or the 86-bit now
for me I'm downloading the 64 bit so that's what I chose and I clicked on
next and it's gonna start downloading it's pretty quick alright so don't worry
about it now the next thing that we need to do is
install the windows 10 ADK now I will provide the link for you guys to go
directly to this website but there's two links and two installation files that
you need to download one is the windows ADK for Windows 10 version 1809 and for
some reason Microsoft kind of split up the windows PE so we need to download
that as well so what you're gonna do is click on download windows ADK for
Windows 10 and once that's done it's pretty fast and the next one is download
the windows PE add-on for your ADK okay so it's three files that you need
now I'm doing everything within a Windows Server 2019 why not because
Server 2019 is going to be the latest operating system so let's get started
with that now first things first I have a folder on my desktop called v8456
inside that folder I have all my exe files I have my a ADK my a ADK for my
winpe and also my Microsoft deployment toolkit which is 8456 ok now the first
thing I'm going to run is my a ADK ok I'm gonna right click on it and run it as an
admin it's gonna start loading up and you're going to get this I left it as
the default setting as installed the windows assessment and deployment kit on
this computer click on next I hit no on this next again accept the license in
terms I left everything as the default and click on install and eventually it's
gonna go through grab all the files that it needs and it's gonna download and
install on your machine and once it's done you're gonna get this. awesome right
click on close next thing that we need to do is the ADK windows PE so right
click and running as an admin again it's gonna
start loading up you're going to get this by default it's gonna have install
the Windows assessment deployment kit for Windows pre-installation environment
add-on leave it as is click on next I hit no and then it's like on next
accept the licensing terms and there's only one option so just leave it it's
the default one that's selected so click on install this process takes a while
because there's a lot of files that are being grabbed from the internet world
and dropped inside your server and going to be installed once everything is
completed you're going to see this and that's half the battle
so I want to inside my control panel and the reason why I went inside my control
panel because I want to show you guys that everything is installed the version
that I'm using is 17763 which is for the support for Windows 10
version 1809 now it is time for us to install the
MDT 8456 now this is a fresh installation this is basically a step by
step installation guide for you guys so we're gonna right click on a Microsoft
deployment toolkit and click on install and it's gonna start loading up and
you're gonna get this so I'm gonna click on next accept the license terms click
on next again I left everything as the default inside the C Drive click on next
I don't want to participate on this program so I said I don't want to join
the program at this time click on next install and you're done it's really easy
ok we're gonna click on finish once you click on finish click on start and
locate the deployment workbench and click on it it's going to start loading
up and I eventually once it loads up the next thing that we need to do is locate
your deployment share node right click on it and click on new deployment share
it's gonna start loading up the wizard and give it a path now by default it goes to
the C Drive I like to drop it inside a secondary partition and it's normally
my D Drive so that's why I changed it click on next share name I always leave
it as a default but is up to you you are able to change it and I clicked on next
here the descriptive name I leave it as a
default leave a lot of stuff as default especially when it's in a lab
environment but you are able to customize all this stuff within your lab
click on next the options again I'll leave it as the default but you are able
to customize it for your environment click on next again
a nice little summary next and it's gonna do its thing and once it's
finished you're done click finish and now you have your MDT deployment share
which if you click on the little arrow you get your application, operating
system, out of the box drivers packages, task sequence, advanced configuration and
monitoring. ok we're almost done now next thing we need to do is import an
operating system now if you have been checking out all my MDT videos I love
creating folders that's my thing so with an operating system node I right clicked
on it and you guessed it I'm gonna create a new folder and the folder is
gonna be called Windows 10 x64 enterprise v1809 click on next next and
finish done alright how easy is that basic
steps on creating a folder now it's time for us to import the operating system in
now because I'm doing this within a virtual environment I already mounted my
ISO my Windows 10 1809 ISO within my virtual machine so I'm gonna
right-click on the folder and import an operating system you're going to get the
import operating system wizard by default you have a full set of sources
files selected so I'm gonna leave that as is and click on next now the source
directory and I'm going to click on browse and I'm gonna browse for me it
was this PC and I located the e Drive which the e Drive is my DVD or my ISO
which is mounted on my virtual machine and I'm just gonna select the
entire E drive click OK click on next destination directory name I'm gonna
leave it as the default because that's what the wizard provided click on next
nice little summary next again it's gonna do this thing now this process
takes a while because it's grabbing all that content within the ISO and dropping
it locally within your deployment share once everything is completed you're
gonna get this awesome click finish and my ISO had a lot of different flavors
of Windows 10 ok next thing that we need to do is create a task sequence again I
love creating folders so within your task sequence node I right clicked on it new
folder and the folder name that I provided was Windows 10 TS now TS for
me stands for Task Sequence but you are able to call it whatever you
want again you don't need to create folders but this is the way I like to do
things click on next here nice little summary click next it's going to start
doing this thing and it's done creating folders are super easy within MDT okay
now from here click on finish and it's time for us to create a new task
sequence so within my new folder I right clicked on it new task sequence it's
gonna open up the wizard and you're gonna provide the following a task
sequence ID and a name so I give it when 10 V 1809 it makes kind of sense and the
name was Windows 10 x64 enterprise v1809 deploy TS stands for Task
sequence click on next this is going to be a standard client
test sequence it's just going to deploy the operating system and that's it but
you are able to choose other templates for me I just left it as is click on
next and then pick your operating system so click on the folder expand it and for
me I picked the Windows 10 Enterprise click go next I'm not going to specify a
product key right now click on next provide a full name organization and
also a home page for your internet explorer I give to all this information
and click on next also provide an admin now this admin password is for the local
admin account within your Windows 10 ok this is not an Active Directory admin
account only local so add it confirm it click on next
nice little summary click on next and it's done awesome
Oh easy right now before I even go inside
MDT and update the deployment share because that's the next step I need to
add a new feature within the server and that's WDS Windows deployment services
because that's the way I like to deploy my operating systems I like to PXE so
I'm gonna click on start and I'm going to choose server manager I'm gonna let
that load up click on manage add roles and features you're gonna get the add and
roles features wizard click on next next again next again and within this section
right here with server roles you're gonna locate Windows deployment services
you're gonna check it off you're going to definitely add all the features that
you need and click on next next again next again you leave the default
deployment server and the transport server you need those too don't
worry about it then click on next click on install and done how easy is that
click on close now you install WDS which is pretty easy but we need to configure
it so click on start and we finish start you're gonna go inside windows
administrative tool folder go all the way to the bottom inside that folder and
locate Windows deployment services so once you click on it it's gonna start
loading up next and then we need to do is open up and expand your servers node
and you're going to see your fully qualified domain name of the computer
that you're installing you know WDS and MDT for me it was v8456 . my
domain and you're gonna get a nice little exclamation point because it
needs to be configured right so you're gonna do is right click on it and
configure the server you get a nice little wizard and we're gonna click on next
here and i left it as the default i want to integrate it with an active directory so
from here i'll just clicked on next now the path automatically goes to the c
drive because my MDT deployment shares is on the D Drive I like to keep the remote
install in the same path or the same location of where my deployment share so
the C Drive I change it to the D Drive click next
for my PXE server and initial settings I normally like to do respond to all
computers known and unknown and I click on next and it's going to start doing
this thing I like to uncheck add images to the server now because I normally
don't do that right away and click on finish ok that's half the battle so
let's go back inside MDT we're gonna right-click on the main
node and the main node for me is MDT deployment share right click on it
update the deployment share you get the nice little wizard I left everything as
the default click on next next it's going to start doing this thing is gonna
start creating the 64 bit and 86 bit boot images and once it's done it's done
now I'm gonna go back inside WDS we need to add that boot image so we can boot
inside our MDT environment and start you know deploy our task sequence so within
the right-hand side we're gonna right click on boot images and add a boot
image we're gonna click on browse now the location is where you drop your
deployment share mine was the D Drive deployment share and is
inside the boot folder within the boot folder you're gonna see to win file
64-bit 86-bit now I'm gonna be deploying within a 64-bit environment so this is
the one that I chose and I clicked on open and that's it click Next I left
everything as the default but you are able to change it depending on your
environment click on next next again and basically you're done okay I have a
habit of always doing this within my WDS but you don't really need to do it I
like to right-click on the primary node of my WDS go to all tasks restart it and
once it says successfully restarted WDS deployment that basically tells me that
everything is working with no problems it's a good thing so ok that and within
my VMware Workstation I created a vTest virtual machine just to test out
the deployment and I powered it on once I power it on
it started to PXE boot and i hit enter to PXE boot on to my WDS server and
that's the IP address i hit enter and as you can see the server name is vMDT
8456 dot my domain hit enter it's gonna start processing and the only image that
i have being advertised within my WDS was the 64-bit one and once the process
is going to start loading up and eventually you're gonna get this run the
deployment wizard now the only reason I'm I'm getting this is because I didn't
really customize the custom settings.ini file or the bootstrap.ini file this is
basically a straightforward installation we are going to click on run the
deployment wizard provide your username password and domain click OK this is
basically to establish the connection to continue on your deployment and once
everything works well you should see the task sequence pick your task sequence we
only created one task sequence together so select it click on next provide a
computer name if you want to join it to the domain go for it
for me I left as join a workgroup click on next
I'm not going to move any data or setting I'm not going to do a restore of
users data for your locale and time change it to you again you are able
to customize all this stuff within the customsettings.ini file but for
me because we're doing like a fresh installation I left it as is and this is
the reason why I'm getting this for capture image I left it as do not
capture the image BitLocker I'm not enabling that right now and hit begin
and it's gonna start processing it and then eventually it's gonna start
partitioning it and it's gonna start installing that operating system it's
going to constantly reboot a couple of times you're gonna basically see these
screenshots and I'm showing you guys right now and once you see this stuff
this is a good sign it basically means it's installing the operating system
successfully when you get the nice little high we're getting everything
ready for you this is a good sign that basically tells you that the operating
system was installed successfully and when I got this I was like okay it just
it's a waiting you know it's a waiting game
and eventually it loads into your desktop it's gonna start running all the
actions within the task sequence it's gonna start applying the cleanup it's
gonna start applying the tattoo the restore user state if I had that enabled
restore groups and when everything is done you're going to get success that's
a good thing right that means the deployment was completed
successfully and that's it guys that is how we install a step-by-step
MDT 8456 we basically install WDS pushed out to the operating system how
to import the operating system within MDT 8456 how to create task sequence
how to upgrade the deployment we did a lot of stuff so hopefully you guys
enjoyed don't forget about hitting that like button and I catch you guys on the
next one peace out!