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To get the updates, download the drivers from the Lenovo ThinkVantage Update Retriever using its export function.

You can also download the drivers by searching PC Support on the Lenovo website. The folder you select and all sub-folders will be checked for drivers, expanding any. Right-click the Latitude E folder and select Import Drivers and use the following Driver source directory to import drivers:.

For the Microsoft Surface Laptop model, you find the drivers on the Microsoft website. Right-click the Surface Laptop folder and select Import Drivers ; and use the following Driver source directory to import drivers:.

This section will show you how to create the task sequence used to deploy your production Windows 10 reference image. Right-click the new Windows 10 folder and select New Task Sequence. Use the following settings for the New Task Sequence Wizard:. The configuration above indicates that MDT should only use drivers from the folder specified by the DriverGroup property, which is defined by the "Choose a selection profile: Nothing" setting, and that MDT should not use plug and play to determine which drivers to copy, which is defined by the "Install all drivers from the selection profile" setting.

State Restore. In this section, you will learn how to configure the MDT Build Lab deployment share with the rules required to create a simple and dynamic deployment process.

This includes configuring commonly used rules and an explanation of how these rules work. The following instructions assume the device is online. If you're offline you can remove SLShare variable. Select the Rules tab and replace the existing rules with the following information modify the domain name, WSUS server, and administrative credentials to match your environment :. On the Windows PE tab, in the Platform drop-down list, make sure x86 is selected.

On the General sub tab still under the main Windows PE tab , configure the following settings:. Because you are going to use Pre-Boot Execution Environment PXE later to deploy the machines, you do not need the ISO file; however, we recommend creating ISO files because they are useful when troubleshooting deployments and for quick tests.

On the Drivers and Patches sub tab, select the WinPE x86 selection profile and select the Include all drivers from the selection profile option. On the Windows PE tab, in the Platform drop-down list, select x In the Drivers and Patches sub tab, select the WinPE x64 selection profile and select the Include all drivers from the selection profile option.

In the Monitoring tab, select the Enable monitoring for this deployment share check box. It will take a while for the Deployment Workbench to create the monitoring database and web service. The biggest differences are that you deploy the machines into a domain instead of a workgroup. In this example we are skipping the welcome screen and providing credentials. If you do not have DaRT licensing, or don't want to use it, simply skip to the next section, Update the Deployment Share.

To enable the remote connection feature in MDT, you need to do the following:. When searching, be sure to look for Desktop Optimization Pack.

In the Windows PE tab, in the Platform drop-down list, select x This is the process during which the Windows PE boot images are created. These steps will walk you through the process of using task sequences to deploy Windows 10 images through a fully automated process. At this point, you should have a solution ready for deploying the Windows 10 client.

We recommend starting by trying a few deployments at a time until you are confident that your configuration works as expected. We find it useful to try some initial tests on virtual machines before testing on physical hardware.

This helps rule out hardware issues when testing or troubleshooting. Here are the steps to deploy your Windows 10 image to a virtual machine:. Since you have enabled the monitoring on the MDT Production deployment share, you can follow your deployment of PC via the monitoring node. This information can be used to trigger notifications via scheduled tasks when deployment is completed. For example, you can configure scheduled tasks to send an email when a certain event is created in the event log.

Multicast deployment allows for image deployment with reduced network load during simultaneous deployments. Multicast is a useful operating system deployment feature in MDT deployments, however it is important to ensure that your network supports it and is designed for it.

If you have a limited number of simultaneous deployments, you probably do not need to enable multicast. In addition to the core MDT setup for multicast, the network needs to be configured to support multicast. In general, this means involving the organization networking team to make sure that Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP snooping is turned on and that the network is designed for multicast traffic.

The multicast solution uses IGMPv3. Setting up MDT for multicast is straightforward. You enable multicast on the deployment share, and MDT takes care of the rest. After updating the deployment share, use the Windows Deployment Services console to, verify that the multicast namespace was created. In addition to network-based deployments, MDT supports the use of offline media-based deployments of Windows In addition to the above deployment types, there is another called User Driven Deployment.

It requires manual intervention to respond to installation prompts such as passwords, machine names, language setting, etc. Lite Touch deployment is a type of deployment that provides technology for deploying Windows OS and Microsoft Office and requires minimum user interaction while Zero Touch deployment is a fully automated deployment scheme that provides technology for deploying Windows OS and Microsoft Office.

Another difference between Lite-Touch and Zero-Touch Deployment is that the Lite Touch deployment requires a limited user interaction while Zero Touch deployment does not require user interaction. Furthermore, Lite Touch requires minimum infrastructure while Zero Touch Deployment requires a persistent network connection.

Two such deployments types are Lite Touch and Zero Touch deployment. The state migration point is used to store user state migration data during computer replace scenarios. Distribution point DP. The distribution point is used to store all packages in Configuration Manager, including the operating system deployment-related packages.

Software update point SUP. The software update point, which is normally used to deploy updates to existing machines, also can be used to update an operating system as part of the deployment process. You also can use offline servicing to update the image directly on the Configuration Manager server. Reporting services point. The reporting services point can be used to monitor the operating system deployment process. Boot images. Operating system images. The operating system image package contains only one file, the custom.

This is typically the production deployment image. Operating system installers. The operating system installers were originally added to create reference images using Configuration Manager. For more information on how to create a reference image, see Create a Windows 10 reference image.

Task sequences. The task sequences in Configuration Manager look and feel pretty much like the sequences in MDT Lite Touch, and they are used for the same purpose. However, in Configuration Manager the task sequence is delivered to the clients as a policy via the Management Point MP.

MDT provides additional task sequence templates to Configuration Manager. While these enhancements are called Zero Touch, that name does not reflect how deployment is conducted. The following sections provide a few samples of the enhancements that MDT adds to Configuration Manager. In its most simple form, these settings are stored in a text file, the CustomSettings.

The task sequence uses instructions that allow you to reduce the number of task sequences in Configuration Manager and instead store settings outside the task sequence.

Here are a few examples:. Note that you don't have to add the package to the task sequence. The following settings instruct the task sequence to put laptops and desktops in different organizational units OUs during deployment, assign different computer names, and finally have the task sequence install the Cisco VPN client, but only if the machine is a laptop.

When testing a deployment, it is important to be able to quickly test any changes you make to the deployment without needing to run through an entire deployment.