To create a new deployment share, perform the following steps:

1.   Click Start, and then point to All Programs. Point to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, and then click Deployment Workbench.

2.   In the Deployment Workbench console tree, go to Deployment Workbench/Deployment Shares.

3.   In the Actions pane, click New Deployment Share.

The New Deployment Share Wizard starts.

4.   Complete the New Deployment Share Wizard using the information in Table 20.

Table 20. Information for Completing the New Deployment Share Wizard

On this wizard page

Do this

Path

In Deployment share path, type path (where path is the fully qualified path to an existing folder on a local drive or a network shared folder created earlier in the deployment process), and then click Next.

Note   Alternatively, click Browse to find the existing folder on a local drive or network shared folder.

Share

Note   This page is displayed only if you entered a path to a folder on a local drive on the Path wizard page.

3.   In Share name, type share_name (where share_name is the share name for the folder on a local drive specified on the Path wizard page).

4.   Note the fully qualified to UNC path to the share being created listed immediately below the Share name box, and then click Next.

Note   The wizard grants the local group Everyone Full Control access at the share level. Based on your security requirements, you may want to restrict the security of the share.

Descriptive Name

In Deployment share description, type description (where description is a descriptive name that for the deployment share specified on previous wizard pages), and then click Next.

Allow Image Capture

Select or clear the Ask if an image should be captured check box based on requirements, and then click Next.

This check box configures the Deployment Wizard to allow the user to optionally capture an image of the target computer, which is usually the reference computer. If the check box is:

·     Selected, the path for storing the image and the image name can be configured in the Deployment Wizard

·     Cleared, an image is not capture or the image-capture information must be set in the MDT configuration file or database

Note   By default, this check box is selected.

Allow Admin Password

Select or clear the Ask user to set the local Administrator Password check box based on requirements, and then click Next.

This check box configures the Deployment Wizard to allow the user to provide the password for the local Administrator account during the deployment process. If the check box is:

·     Selected, the password can be configured in the Deployment Wizard

·     Cleared, the password must be set in the MDT configuration file or database

Note   By default, this check box is cleared.

Allow Product Key

Select or clear the Ask user for a product key check box based on your requirements, and then click Next.

This check box configures the Deployment Wizard to allow the user to provide a product key for the target operating system during the deployment process. If the check box is:

·     Selected, the product key can be configured in the Deployment Wizard

·     Cleared, the product key must be set in the MDT configuration file or database

Note   By default, this check box is cleared.

Summary

Review the information in the Details box, and then click Next.

Confirmation

Tip   Click Save Output to save the output of the wizard to a file, or click View Script to view the Windows PowerShell scripts used to perform the wizard tasks.

Click Close.

 

Upon completion, the new deployment share is created in the target folder you selected in the wizard and appears in the Deployment Workbench.

Related Topics

Managing Deployment Shares in the Deployment Workbench