In part 3 of this series, you’ll be configuring MDT – specifically, you will go about adding Windows 7 SP1 and XP SP3. You’ll also be adding Office 2010 (with SP1), and handling drivers for both Win7 and XP.
Create and Configure Your Distribution Point
The first thing you need to do, of course, is to create a distribution point. This is the main structure for deploying, so you need to do this first. To begin, open the Deployment Workbench from the start menu on your MDT virtual machine:
Once the workbench is open, right-click the Deployment Shares folder and select “New Deployment Share” from the menu:
The New Deployment Share Wizard will open – you will need to select a local folder to store your deployment files, the folder name, the share to expose from the server, and a few other options. Here you can see what I’ve chosen for my particular build share (C:\MDT\Build, Build, and Build$ – took the defaults for other options):