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Welcome to the cMDTBuildLab project!

This is a Build factory for create Reference images of Windows systems with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Powershell DSC.

Why MDT? See [The battle begins - Building the perfect reference image for ConfigMgr 2012] (http://deploymentresearch.com/Research/Post/431/The-battle-begins-Building-the-perfect-reference-image-for-ConfigMgr-2012).
Why PowerShell DSC? This solution is a full automatic - on Premise or Azure. One PS module used for build MDT service "from scratch".

After deploy and configure MDT server you are ready for build this Windows Reference Images:

Windows 7 x64/x86
Windows 8.1 x64/x86
Windows 10 x64/x86
Windows 2012 R2
Windows 2016

For full automatic build process install MDT 2013 Update 2 and winReferenceFactory Powershell module on Hyper-V host and do this steps:

Edit winReferenceFactory.xml for your settings
In MDT console copy needed for build Task Sequences to REF subfolder
Run New-AutoGenRefImages for start build process
You will be able to find the reference images on MDT server share

See Quick Start page for step-by-step instructions.

This project is constructed on the basis of developments of great enthusiasts of PowerShell and Windows build process:

(c) Peter Ericsson - Base idea
(c) Mikael Nystrom - Great PowerShell scripts and examples
(c) Johan Arwidmark - Step-By-Step instructions for build