How to create a server template for VMM, Hyper-V or Vmware with MDT 2013 – Mobile-First Cloud-First

maximios February 5, 2023

1) install ADK for WIndows 8.1

Download ADK from : http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=39982

2) Install MDT 2013

Download MDT from: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40796

3) Create a Deployment Share

Enter the place for the Deployment Share

Click Next

Enter the Deployment Share name

Click Next

Enter the Deployment Share discription

Click Next

Click Finish

4) Setup Deployment Share

Follow this step by step

4a) Create OS

Create a folder for the OS in MDT

Click Next

Click Finish

Mount OS ISO

Import OS

Click Next

Enter the drive letter that the OS ISO is mounted on

Click Next

Change name

Click Next

Click Finish

4b) Create Task Sequence for Server Template

Create a Task Sequence Folder

Click Next

Click Finish

Create Server template Task Sequence

Give a unik Task Sequence ID

Give a Task Sequence Name

Click Next

Choose “Standard Server Task Sequence”

Click Next

Choose Operating System

Click Next

Enter Organization

Click Next

Enter a Admin Password or choose “Do not specify an Administrator password at this time”

Click Next

Click Finish

Edit Server template Task Sequence

Enable Windows update by removing the “DIsable this Step”

Add “Install Roles and Features” For the server OS

Create a folder for Cleanup Image – for cleaning up the image for installed patches.

Create 3 steps:

Restart Computer
Run Command Line : DISM.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
Restart Computer

5) Create a MDT “Media Share”

Create a folder on your disk fx. “D:\ServerTemplate_ISO”

Enter the path for your Media Folder

Click Next

Click Finish

Enter properties for the Media Share

Change the content of Rules to:

[Settings]
Priority=Default

[Default] _SMSTSORGNAME=osddeployment.dk OSInstall=Y SkipAppsOnUpgrade=YES SkipAdminPassword=YES SkipProductKey=YES SkipComputerName=YES SkipDomainMembership=YES SkipUserData=YES UserDataLocation=AUTO SkipLocaleSelection=YES SkipTaskSequence=NO DeploymentType=NEWCOMPUTER SkipTimeZone=YES SkipApplications=YES SkipBitLocker=YES SkipSummary=YES SkipBDDWelcome=YES SkipCapture=YES ApplyGPOPack=NO SkipRoles=NO

FinishAction=SHUTDOWN

SkipFinalSummary=NO UILanguage=0409:00000409 InputLocale=0409:00000409 SystemLocale=0409:00000409 UserLocale=0409:00000409 KeyboardLocale=0406:00000406

DoNotCreateExtraPartition = YES

TimeZone=105
TimeZoneName=Romance Standard Time

JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

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