After the distribution points are updated, advertise the task sequence to the reference computer and start the reference computer with the bootable Windows PE image created earlier in the process. The task sequence created earlier will deploy the target operating system, device drivers, operating system packages, and applications to the reference computer, and then capture an image of the reference computer.

To deploy to and capture an image of the reference computer

1.   Add the reference computer to the Configuration Manager site database as described in Manually Adding Computers to the Site Database in Configuration Manager 2012 or Manually Adding Computers to the Site Database in Configuration Manager 2007 R3, which is the same process for UDI and ZTI deployments.

2.   Create a collection that contains the reference computer as described in Managing Computer Collections in Configuration Manager 2012 or Managing Computer Collections in Configuration Manager 2007 R3, which is the same process for UDI and ZTI deployments.

3.   Deploy the task sequence to the reference computer as described in Managing Task Sequence Deployment in Configuration Manager 2012 or Managing Advertisements in Configuration Manager 2007 R3, which is the same process for UDI and ZTI deployments.

4.   Optionally, enable monitoring of the MDT deployment process as described in Monitoring MDT Deployments.

5.   Create a task sequence bootable media disk by using the Task Sequence Media Wizard as described in Creating Task Sequence Bootable Media in Configuration Manager 2012or Creating Task Sequence Bootable Media in Configuration Manager 2007 R3, which is the same process for UDI and ZTI deployments.

6.   Start the reference computer with the task sequence bootable media disk as described in Deploying an Operating System Using Task Sequence Bootable Media in Configuration Manager 2012or Deploying an Operating System Using Task Sequence Bootable Media in Configuration Manager 2007 R3 which is the same process for UDI and ZTI deployments.

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