Note 1: In addition to the Windows 7 Updates available directly in WSUS, and the Internet Explorer 11 prerequisites, you also add the following hotfix for Windows 7 that is not included in the Windows 7 SP1 convenience update:

If adding in Office 2013 or Office 2016 to your reference image (optional), make sure to approve those updates too. NET Framework updates) and Developer Tools, Runtimes and Redistributables / Visual Studio* (to get updates to Visual C++ runtimes). In this guide I also assume that you have a local WSUS server in your network, to which you have approved Windows 7 updates, Feature Packs (to get Microsoft. MDT 2013 Update 2 requires Windows ADK 10 (use v1607 or later). MDT 2013 Update 2 can be installed either on a file server, or on your own laptop, but in this scenario I use a file server named MDT01.

Step 10 – Create Windows Reference Images.

Step 9 – Configure the deployment share.

Step 8 – Modify the Windows 7 unattend.xml file.

Step 6 – Add LOB applications (Optional).

Step 3 – Import the Windows 7 operating system.

Step 2 – Create the MDT Build Lab Deployment Share.

Step 1 – Install Windows 10 ADK v1607 and MDT 2013 Update 2.

The initial setup of the solution takes about 30 – 45 minutes if done manually, and about 10 minutes if scripted. The entire process for creating a Windows 7 reference image using MDT 2013 Update 2 takes about 1,5 – 2 hours if you have a fast Hyper-V or VMware host, fully automated. WUMU_ExcludeKB12=2529073 Step-by-Step Guide Exclude updates that are already included in W7 Convenience update, but flagged incorrectly on Microsoft Update These changes makes sure to exclude multiple-reboot updates that are already in the convenience update, but flagged incorrectly on Microsoft Update. The below changes to the CustomSettings.ini are critical if you want to install the Windows 7 SP1 April 2016 Convenience Update as part of your Windows 7 reference image build. However that will increase your build time with 1 – 2 hours. Optional workaround: If you really must have the above update, you can just install the July 2016 rollup to get a working Windows Agent, and allow the MDT windows update action to install the 300+ updates. Does not seem to be a very critical update (update to Hyper-V integration components), but I have asked the WU team to confirm. Heads up: Putting the Windows 7 SP1 April 2016 Convenience Update ( KB3125574) in your image, using the instructions in this post, will show one failed update ( KB3037623) once Windows update runs on the machine. So here it is: A Step-by-step guide to create the perfect Windows 7 reference image using MDT 2013 Update 2. A little while ago, a good friend (you know who you are 🙂 ) asked for help on creating a new Windows 7 reference image.

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