Capturing Custom Windows 10 image with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1

Sometime,we need to deploy OS with predefined software,company background,regional setting,etc…

In this post we’ll upload custom OS image to SCCM server and deploy it to client machine.

First,we need to create “capture”  ISO file,wich in fact,is about to “snapshot” current OS setting on client computer and upload it to SCCM later.

In SCCM console click Administration-Task sequence-Create Task Sequence Media

Click Capture Media:

Specify where ISO file should be saved:

Specify Boot image (by default SCCM is shipped with 2 boot images X86 and X64) and Distribution Point

After wizard finishes,burn new created ISO to CD/DVD media

and connect it to client computer from which we need to “capture” image from (make sure you have no recovery partition or sysprep will fail),make sure client computer is not domain joined,browse the media and click “launch media”:

For destination,specify shared folder on SCCM server:

After restart,capturing will continue:

Now we need to deploy captured wim file,from SCCM console click Software Library-Operating System-Add operating system image

Right click reference image and Update distributed Points:

And finally,deploy image:

Optionally,we can set computer name during OS Deployement sequence,right click on Unknown computer collection choose properties

and click on Collection Variables tab

Click new and type OSDComputerName

Now create Task Sequence:

Software Library-Task Sequence-Create Task Sequence

Choose boot image:

When prompted,choose custom image we captured from client Windows 10 computer

Select 2-2 (1-1 is just 350 MB partition)

Set parameters for domain join

Select Configuration Manager Client Package (make sure it’s published first)

Untick all options

Choose if you wish to install updates during deployement

Although we specified domain details it simply didn’t work for me,so i added domain join task in Task Sequence

(After Setup and Configuration step)

Now deploy TS:to All Unknown computers collection

Make sure Task Sequence is available to media and PXE

Turn on client computer,press F12 for network boot,double click on OSDComputerName

Set computer name

As you can see,reference image is downloading from SCCM server