Deploying A Captured Image

Deploying A Captured Image

Once your capture has finished you will need to add the created .wim file to your operating systems node
Right click on the operating system node and select Import Operating System and select the Custom image file option.

A common question about captured images is: why creating a new .wim file? The reason is simple the deployment of the newly created image is quicker than installing a default .wim image. A standard .wim installation with security essentials & pdf reader takes 27min. A custom made image with the same settings and applications takes 19min. When you update your image with the latest windows updates and additional applications the difference will be bigger. 

Browse for the location of the captured file(normally in a folder called captures in the deployment share) and put a tick in the move the files option (this saves on disk space by moving the file and not copying it).

• Select the option to copy the windows setup files and browse for the location of the original source files you copied to the server.
• Specify a name for the destination directory.
• Check the summary screen and click Next to import the captured image
• Once the import is complete you will need to f create a new task sequence to deploy your newly imported image.
• You are now able to boot your computers to the network and using MDT 2010 to deploy your captured image.