Complete the Deployment Wizard

Start the reference computer with the LTI bootable media you created earlier in the process. The LTI bootable media starts Windows PE on the reference computer and initiates the deployment process. At the end of the process, the target operating system is deployed on the reference computer, and an image of the reference computer is captured.

Note You could also initiate the process by starting the target computer from Windows Deployment Services. For more information, see Preparing Windows Deployment Services for LTI Deployments.

To complete the Deployment Wizard

1. Start the reference computer with the LTI bootable media you created earlier in the process.

Windows PE starts, and then the Deployment Wizard starts.

2. Complete the Deployment Wizard as described in Running the Deployment Wizard, ensuring that you specifically follow the configuration settings on the wizard pages listed in Table 11 and selecting the values on the other wizard pages appropriate to your organization.

Table 11. Information for Completing the Deployment Wizard

On this wizard page	Do this
Select a task sequence to execute on this computer	Select the task sequence you created for the reference computer deployment.
Join the computer to a domain or workgroup	Join a workgroup. Note Joining the reference computer to a domain causes problems when deploying the captured image of the reference computer to target computers. The most common symptom of trouble is that the deployment process halts, because the LTI process is not able to automatically log on.
Specify whether to capture an image	Click Capture an image of this reference computer, and provide the fully qualified Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path for the name of the captured Windows Imaging Format (WIM) image, including the WIM file name.

The wizard starts, and the operating system deployment starts. At the end of the deployment process, the Deployment Summary dialog box appears.

3. In the Deployment Summary dialog box, click Details.

If any errors or warnings occur, review them, and record any diagnostic information. For more information about the errors or warnings, see the MDT document Troubleshooting Reference.

4. In the Deployment Summary dialog box, click Finish.

The reference computer is now deployed, and the captured WIM file of the reference computer is stored in the location you specified on the Specify whether to capture an image wizard page.