There we are, finally... Let's talk about the installation of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.
First of all, I have to say that I've been blasted by this product. It's been the first time in a long time since I really appreciated using a Microsoft product... Let's leave the troll aside and proceed with the installation steps.
Pre-requisites:
- Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 (also works on 2003, but come on...).
- Windows Deployment Services.
- MSXML 6.0 or better.
- Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), the iso file contains x86 and x64 versions.
- Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010.
They obviously need to be installed in that order.
- On your server, open Server Manager then scroll down to Roles. Click Add Roles then find Windows Deployment Services. Restart your server if prompted to do so.
- If not already installed, download and install MSXML 6.0 or better.
- Download and install WAIK using the link above. It will be used to manage settings inside the images by generating catalogs and XML configuration files. WAIK is also some kind of WYSIWYG editor for the aforementioned XML files.
- Finally, install MDT 2010.
This process should be straightforward if you have installed the utilities in this order. Please note that MDT 2010 doesn't require WDS to install or run since WDS acts only as a transport for the images. MDT can be run off CDs or DVDs instead of PXE, but that's not really what you want to do, right?
Namaste.
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