Installing MDT 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2

This guide assumes you are installing MDT 2010 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server with the Windows Deployment Services role already installed beforehand. Also make sure you have a NTFS partition to store your images.

The instructions here will help you to:

• Install MDT 2010• Update the Deployment Share• Add a PXE-boot image• Enable multicast

Download link: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5753

The download is an ISO which you can burn to CD or use a program such as DAEMON Tools Lite to launch the ISO in a virtual CD drive

You need to install the Windows Automated Installation Kit before installing MDT 2010

Accept all defaults on the installation wizard

Install MDT 2010, accept all defaults on the installation wizard

Since Microsoft has released MDT 2012 the download link on their website points to MDT 2012. You will need to scour the Web to find MDT 2010.

One argument for installing the previous version is that MDT 2010 has more documentation available on the Internet since it’s been around a lot longer.

Configure a deployment share

Open the Deployment Workbench

Right click on Deployment Shares and select New Deployment Share

Click on the Browse button and create a folder called DeploymentShare in your NTFS partition

Click Next

Leave the default share name

(The $ after the name makes it a hidden share)

Click Next

Give the share a description

Click Next

Check Ask if an image should be captured

Click Next

Do not check this

It is not a good idea to let users choose local Administrator passwords as you might end up having different passwords on your computers.

Click Next

Check this if you want to ask users to enter product keys at the time of deployment.

Do not check this if you have a Multiple Activation Key or a KMS server to handle the activation.

Click Next

Review the summary screen

Click Next

Installation will take a few minutes.

Click Finish

Update the deployment share

Right click on your deployment share

Select Update Deployment Share

Click Next

Select Completely regenerate the boot images

Click Next

Click Finish

Updating the share should take a few minutes.

Add a PXE-boot image to WDSLaunch Windows Deployment Services

Right click on Boot Images

Select Add Boot Image…

Click on Browse…

Browse to the Boot folder in your DeploymentShare

Select either of the following boot images based on your architecture

LiteToucePE_x64.wimLiteToucePE_x86.wim

Click Open

If the Boot folder is empty make sure you have updated the deployment share in the previsou step

Click Next

Click Next

Give the boot image a name and a description

Click Next

Adding the boot image should take a few minutes.

Enable multicast

Open Deployment Workbench

Right click on your deployment share and select Properties

Check this box to enable multicast

MDT 2010 should be up and running on your server.

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That’s it.