This is how to easily install ADK and MDT in Windows Server 2016 for Windows Deployment. The current version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is MDT 2013 update 1. MDT is a solution accelerator for operating system and application deployment. MDT supports the deployment of client operating systems and server operating systems. In this post, we are going to show you how to install and configure MDT and ADK for Windows 10 in Windows Server 2016 which works the same as Windows Server 2012 R2.

The methods of installation and configuration of all Microsoft Deployment Tool kits are the same. So don’t worry, just download the MDT required components ADK for Windows 10 or for older Windows and start installing.

You might need to read for Windows deployment Services:

1. How to install Windows Deployment Service WDS In Windows Server 2012 R2?
2. Configure Windows Deployment Services on Server 2012 R2
3. Deploying Windows 10 Using WDS Server 2012 R2

Download and Install ADK and MDT

The first kit we need to download is the Windows ADK for Windows 10. The second one is the latest update of the Microsoft deployment tool kit. Download the Microsoft deployment tool kit update 1 files from the Microsoft website. Always try to download the latest version of MDT.

In our practicing lab, we are using MDT 2013 update 1 which supports Windows 10 and Windows Server Server 2016. You can download Windows ADK for Windows 10 with two methods. Download and Install at the same time or download all components in a separate Windows and move it to Windows Server. So I have selected the second one. First, download all Windows ADK for Windows 10 and now try to install it.

1. Let’s download all components of Windows ADK for Windows 10 and then install it.

• • Download the Windows ADK for Windows 10 and run the setup.

2. Select the Download the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit – Windows 10 for installation on a separate computer and Browns to specify the path then click Next.

3. It’s a test lab so select No and click Next. On the license terms and agreement page click Accept to accept the Windows Kits privacy.

4. It is almost 3 and a half GB in size. When the download is complete successfully, move or copy files to Windows Server 2016 then run the adksetup file to install it.

5. Specify a location or click Next to select the default location. Then on the Windows Kits privacy page select No and on the license terms and agreement page Accept.

6. Now select the features you want to install. Don’t select unnecessary features. Click Next to install it.

7. It will take a few minutes to complete. When it is finished, close the page.

Now the Windows ADK for Windows 10 is installed successfully in Windows Server 2016. The next step is to install the Microsoft Deployment tool kit.

How to Download and Install MDT?

So the installation of Windows ADK for Windows 10 has finished successfully. Now try to download and install Microsoft Deployment tool kit update 1.

• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 1 and run the setup.

1. Run the downloaded Microsoft deployment tool kit setup file and click Next.

2. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next.

3. Click Next and do nothing on this page because we need tools and documents.

4. For testing lab select I don’t want to join the program at this time and click Next.

5. Click Install to start the installation. Let the installation will be finished. Finally, click Finish to close the page.

Yes, that’s it. The Microsoft deployment tool kit was also installed successfully. If you are faced with some errors or problems during the installation, try to search for the title on Google or comment to us through this post.

6. Now go to Windows Server 2016 start menu and run the Deployment Workbench.

Here is the Windows deployment Workbench. It is ready for Windows Deployment and Application Deployment.

Now the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is ready for configuration and deploying new operating systems and Applications.

It’s time to configure the MDT and start deploying Windows 10 with MDT. Continue the article about deploying Windows 10 using MDT in Windows Server 2016. So that’s all you need to install ADK and MDT for your Windows Deployment Server in Windows Server 2016.

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In a Enterprise network, directly upgrading the network operating systems are difficult task. But upgrade to Windows 10 using MDT is the easiest way to upgrade the old machines. As network admin you already know the importance of OS and application deployment rules in a enterprise network. And also must be familiar with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Windows Deployment Services and deployment operations.

In this practice lab I will show you how to upgrade to Windows 10 using MDT and refresh old machines with new operating system. You need to be familiar with MDT installation and creating deployment share with MDT. If you are beginner and don’t know the basic of deploying Windows with MDT and WDS, I recommend you to read the below article before continuing this post.

1. How to install MDT and ADK in Windows Server 2016?
2. How to Deploy Windows 10 using MDT?

Try to create your own test lab and continue this article. In the final stage I had faced with an error, hope it will not issue that for you.

Step 1: Import Windows 10 full source to MDT

Adding Windows 10 full sources to MDT will be done through MDT Deployment Workbench. I already have my deployment lab which installed and configured MDT as deployment Server in a Windows Server 2016. So go to open deployment workbench and import Windows 10 and create an upgrade task sequence.

1. Open Deployment Workbench from start menu in your MDT machine. Create a folder for Windows 10 on Operating system section.

2. Simply right click Windows 10 folder and select Import Operating System to open the OS Type page.

3. On the OS Type page select Full set of source files and go to the next page.

4. Put the Windows 10 disc to DVD ROM or mount the Windows 10 Image and select the directory drive then click Next.

5. On the Summary page read details and click Next to start importing Windows 10. Finally on Confirmation page click Finish to close the page and the Windows 10 should be ready.

Step 2: Create an Upgrade Task Sequence in MDT

On the Task Sequence section of Deployment workbench, create a folder relevant to upgrade to Windows 10 using MDT.

1. Right click the Task Sequence and create a folder, so do right click the folder and select New Task Sequence. Now on the General Settings page fill out the task id, name and comments then click Next.

2. Select the Standard Client Upgrade Task Sequence for task sequence template then click Next.

3. Select the previously imported Windows 10 as operating system and click Next.

4. Select the first option Do not specify a product key at this time for now on the Specify Product Key page and click Next.

5. Enter the Full name, Organization and Internet Explorer Home Page correctly on OS Settings page then go to next page.

6. If you like the local Admin account with a password, enter the password, otherwise select Do not specify and Administrator at this time on the Admin Password page and go to Summary page.

 7. On the Summary page read the detail and click Next to being creating the upgrade task sequence. Finally on the Confirmation page of Task Sequence close the page.

8. Now expand the Upgrade Windows 10 folder and right click the created task sequence then click Properties. See the options on the Task Sequence tab that everything is okay.

Close Task Sequence properties and go to update the MDT deployment share.

Step 3: Update the Upgrade MDT Deployment Share

The final step before performing upgrade to Windows 10 using MDT, try to update the MDT deployment share.

1. Right click MDT Deployment Share and click Update Deployment share then select Optimize the boot image updating process and click Next. 

2. Read the Summary details and click Next to begin updating MDT Deployment share. Finally the update should be done successfully.

Close the page and go to begin Windows upgrading from Windows 7 or 8 to Windows 10.

Step 4: Upgrade to Windows 10 Using MDT

Lets begin with a Windows 8.1 to upgrade to Windows 10 using MDT in our lab. I hope you could perform all above steps successfully.

1. Login to your old machine such as Windows 7 or Windows 8. Then run the Lite Touch script form Windows run like the screenshot. Click Yes to run the script.

The Lite Touch script is a vb script that load the Windows Deployment Wizard from deployment server, where the MDT is installed.

2. When the Lite Touch script will load, select the upgrade task sequence and click Next.

3. Specify a product key if you have, otherwise select No product key is required then click Next. In a production environment you can activate your machine from KMS Server.

4. Do you need to install or update applications also? If you don’t click Next and go to the next page. You can install or updated the applications from this section also. But I don’t want to update or install any software to testing lab.

5. Specify a strong password for Administrator for security reason then click Next.

6. Type the appropriate deployment share domain account for connecting to network share then click Next. I’m using the domain admin user for this lab.

7. On the Ready to begin page, read the details and click Begin to start upgrade to Windows 10 using MDT form a network shared.

8. Let the Windows deployment perform the upgrading from Windows 8 to Windows 10 successfully.

When the upgrade complete, the system will restart and finalizing the upgrade process. So don’t push it to restart or shutting down while installing new OS.

Ops! I don’t know why installation progress page disappeared? OK… Let me troubleshoot this error and find the problem. Try to your lab and share the result. I hope it work perfectly for you on your production environment.

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This is the second part of Microsoft deployment toolkit article to deploy Windows 10 using MDT. To simply understand the tasks in this article, you need to read the first part “How to Install ADK and MDT in Windows Server 2016?“. Also as a network admin, you should already know about Microsoft Deployment toolkits and Windows deployment. So I assume you have read the first part of deploy Windows 10 using MDT which talk about installing ADK and MDT in Windows Server 2016.

For this Windows deployment lab, I’m using Hyper-v, Windows Server 2016, and Windows 10 to deploy Windows 10 using MDT. The MDT is installed on Windows Server beside Active directory and DHCP Server. You can install MDT separately on a Windows client or Server.

Step 1. Create a New MDT Deployment Share

I know you are ready after reading and doing the tasks of the first part, and now continue the step by step guide to MDT. When you are ready to deploy Windows 10 using MDT  in a testing lab or production environment, you will first create a new MDT deployment share. Let’s do it step by step.

1. Open the Deployment Workbench from Microsoft deployment toolkit in Windows server 2016 start menu. Then right-click Deployment Share and click New Deployment share.

2. Select the deployment share path, where you want to keep operating system files, applications, drivers and scripts then click Next.

Don’t store the MDT deployment share files in system drive in a production environment.

3. For the Share, page specifies a short and meaningful share name to access it easily and quickly through the network then click Next. I have named DepShare. The complete UNC path is \\DC16\Depshare$.

4. On the Descriptive Name page, leave the default MDT Deployment Share or rename it to whatever you want and click Next.

5. On the Options page, select the customize-able options when performing deployment and click Next.

6. Read the Summary page and click Next to create the new deployment share.

7. Finally, the progress should be done without errors. Otherwise, you need to troubleshoot the errors. Click Finish on the Confirmation page to close the page.

The New Deployment share has been created successfully. Now try to add Windows images to deploy Windows 10 using MDT.

Step 2. Import Operating System to MDT

the second step is importing operating system to MDT. Put Windows 10 disc to DVD Rom or mount the Windows 10 Image within Hyper-v virtual machine.

1. Open MDT Deployment Workbench and expend MDT Deployment Share. Now right click on Operating system and create a New Folder. Specify a name and click Next then click Finish to create the new Windows 10 folder.

2. Now right click the Windows 10 folder and click Import Operating System.

3. Select a Full set of sources files on OS Type page and click Next. You can select a customized Windows image or connect to Windows Deployment Services images also.

4. Select the DVD drive and click Next. You can select Windows files from a folder and easily move it with selecting the Move option. So anyway…

5. On the Destination page, type a name for the directory where MDT create it for Windows files. When you specified a name click Next.

6. On the Summary page read the details and click Next. It will take a few minutes to import the Windows 10 files to Operating System folder of MDT.

7. On the Confirmation page, the Windows 10 should be imported without any errors. If you have faced with any error try to troubleshoot it by searching google or comment us the error titles.

Click Finish to close the page and go to step 3, add some application to MDT.

Step 3. Deploy Applications using MDT

When you configure your MDT deployment share, you will also add any applications to the new deployment share before creating your task sequence. This section walks you through the process of adding an application to the MDT deployment share using Microsoft Office 2013.

1. On the Deployment Workbench, Deployment Share, right-click Applications and create a New Folder for Microsoft Office 2013.

2. On the Applications Type page, select Application with source files then click Next. Before doing this task you should put the Microsoft Office 2013 to DVD Rom or insert it to Hyper-v virtual machine.

3. Write the application details and click Next. Try to fill out the application form with correct software information.

4. Specify the source directory of the application and click Next. The drive D: is the DVD drive of Office 2013.

5. On the application Destination page click Next. Leave it with default name or changed it with a related name to the application.

6. On the Command Details page, just type the exact setup name of application setup file with executable extension and click Next.

7. On the application Summary page, read the details and click Next to import it.

8. The importing process should be done successfully with any error. If it issues an error? Try different software or fix the problems.

Finally, click Finish to close the page. Now the office has been imported and Windows 10 is also. So the next step will be creating Task sequences.

Step 4. Create a New Task Sequence in MDT

In this section, we will explain to you how to create the task sequence used to deploy Windows 10 using MDT.

1. So right click the Task Sequence and click New Task Sequence. It is better to create a folder for your task sequences.

2. On the General Settings page type the task sequence id, task sequence name and comments then click Next.

3. Select the Standard Client Task Sequence from Template page and click Next.

4. On the Select OS, page select the Windows 10 image and click Next. This is the Windows 10 image which previously we had imported from Operating System.

5. Select Do not specify a product key at this time on Specify Product Key page if you don’t have a product key then click Next.

6. Type to OS settings like name, organization and internet explorer default homepage URL and click Next.

7. Enter the admin password on the Admin Password page and click Next. This password will be used as administrator user account password. You can set the blank password by selecting Do not specify an Administrator password at this time option. But for security reason, you should set a password for local admin.

8. On the Summary page, read the details and click Next to complete the task sequence. Finally, click Finish on the Confirmation page to close the window.

Now everything is done and it is ready to create PE image by updating the deployment share.

Step 5. Update Deployment Share to Create Boot-able PE image

The final steps before deploying Windows 10 using MDT is to update the Deployment Share. This section is going to create Boot-able PE media to boot the client systems in order to deploy Windows 10 using MDT.

1. So, on the Deployment Workbench right click MDT Deployment Share and click Update Deployment Share.

2. On the Options, page select Optimize the boot image updating process and click Next.

2. On the Summary page click Next to apply the update to MDT deployment share. It will take a few minutes because it will create PE image and prepare the MDT for Windows deployment.

3. Finally, the Update Deployment Share will be accomplished successfully. Click Finish to close the update deployment share page.

Good news, till now everything is going on perfectly and I’m very happy with creating and sharing this long step by step article with you. So hope you would find it helpful.

4. Go to Boot folder in Deployment share directory on E: drive and copy or move the Lite Touch PE to a network location or somewhere else.

Later we will use the Lite Touch image to boot the new computer and deploy Windows 10 using MDT with the help of this PE image.

Step 6. How to Deploy Windows 10 Using MDT?

Now the deployment server is ready to deploy Windows 10 using MDT and deploy applications. Try to boot a new system where you want to install the new operating system.

Here I’m going to test on a new virtual machine by creating a new virtual machine in Hyper-v. So you can do both hyper-v or a physical machine.

1. Boot the new system with Lite Touch PE image. You can boot the physical computer with USB Boot-able or boot through Network.

2. On the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Wizard page click Run the Deployment Wizard to install ad new Operating System.

2. Specify the network address of MDT Deployment Shared folder and click Next then type user, password and domain name.

Remember; the user you enter must have full shared permission and modify NTFS permission to MDT deployment share folder on drive E. Otherwise it will not work.

3. Select the Windows 10 on Task Sequence page and click Next to execute to your new computer.

4. Type the computer details such as name and join to a domain if you want to join it. In this section, if you select Join to Workgroup, you will be able to capture an image also. But it’s not related to Windows 10 deployment using MDT. So we will discuss creating a reference computer and capture image in a separate topic.

5. On the Move Data and Settings page, select Do not move user data and settings and click Next to continue.

6. Select Do not restore user data and settings on User Data Restore page and click Next.

7. Enter the Windows product key or select No product key is required and click Next.

8. Select Windows local and time and click Next. Select the correct time zone and language.

9. On the Application, page select the applications you want to deploy on this machine at this time and go to the Next page.

10. Enter the local Administrator password twice and go to Next page.

11. Check everything should be ready to begin on the Ready page and click Begin to start deploying Windows 10 using with MDT.

It will deploy and take too much time. Go to do your other jobs at this time and come back when the deployment task is finished.

12. After finishing deploying Windows, the system will restart and ask to you deploy software. In this section simply accept the terms and agreement of Office 2013 and click continue then click Install Now to begin the installation.

13. When the Office 2013 installation has finished close all pages and once restart your computer to see the result.

It’s good to deploy Windows 10 using MDT in order to create the master image and then deploy it to other machines. Directly deploying with this method is a time-consuming process and is not a good practice for Windows and Application Deployment.

Conclusion

The MDT is a perfect toolkit to deploy software and operating system or creating a master image from a reference computer. To get more from MDT for lite touch level, you must combine MDT with WDS to create a flexible Deployment environment and using consistently in your network.

I hope it will help you to create your own deployment lab for your production environment with Windows Deployment Toolkit and can simply deploy Windows 10 using MDT or Windows Deployment Services. If you have any question, feel free to ask your question about Windows and Application Deployment.

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