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This post is a continuation in the series on MDT part 1 can be found at http://www.sharepointedutech.com/2010/07/07/mdt-2010-setup-step-by-step-part-1/

 Installing the Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows® 7

   MDT 2010 uses the Windows 7 automated installation kit which can be down loaded from the Microsoft site here so before we continue I will install and configure, the download for AIK is an ISO file you can at this point burn to a DVD or unpack the ISO file and run setup.

Click on Windows AIK setup from the list on the left and all I did to complete the installation of AIK is follow the prompts and accept all the default values.

 Install Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010

  The next step is to download from here the installation files for MDT 2010 on this site you will find install files for 64bit and also 32bit installs as well various read me files to help you get the most out of MDT 2010.

Again with this install I will accept all the default values as I go through the install. After the install is completed you will have a new start menu item called Microsoft Deployment Toolkit we will now continue the configuration by clicking on deployment workbench.

Configure The Deployment Shares For MDT 2010

 Through this part of the post I will show how to configure the images you require for your operating system deployments I will be using windows 7 for this but you could use windows vista or XP.

You now need to create a deployment share this is completed by right clicking deployment share in the MMC and selecting ‘new deployment share’

I will store all my images on the E data drive I created earlier for my server setup

By default the system will create the share as a hidden share (With a $ symbol at the end) I will leave this as the setting to use

The next screen asks for a descriptive name I will accept the default setting

The next screen asks if an image should be captured if you are planning on using MDT to capture the image leave this ticked

The next screen asks if you should allow users to set the local admin password I would recommend leaving this unticked as you could end up not knowing the local admin password on any of your computers and potentially every machine having a unique admin password (not sure how you could manage that situation)

The next screen asks should the user be prompted for a product key this can be useful but we use a KMS server (Maybe another post) so we do not require this so I will leave it unticked.

Next you will see the summary screen check all the settings and click next

By Default the permissions setup on the deployment share are –

The next post i will include information on adding a base image