Capturing Images with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

In MDT 2008, creating an image is essentially a Lite Touch Installation (LTI) process (containing applications, language packs, and various customizations), which ends by capturing an image of the destination computer in the lab. However, the process is much different for System Center Configuration Manager than it is for other methods, because MDT 2008 integrates fully into System Center Configuration Manager. The following list outlines the overall process (illustrated in Figure 6-1) for using Deployment Workbench to create and capture operating system images by using MDT 2008:

  • Prepare the distribution share. Prepare the distribution share by storing operating system source files, applications, ...

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