MDT: Use the OSDCloud Boot.wim

OSD 23.5.16.2+ Updated May 18, 2023

If you've replaced your ADK with OSDCloud ADK, using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is about to get much easier

Create an ADK x86 directory

To prevent errors in MDT, you will need to make sure the following directories exist

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\WinPE_OCs

Create a new MDT Deployment Share

Remove x86 Support

Because ADK doesn't support that anymore

Configure x64

Configure how you want your MDT x64 boot image

If you don't need Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC/ADO) support, uncheck that. Everything else you need should already be configured with your OSDCloud ADK

Update Deployment Share

Now you can update your Deployment Share and build your WinPE. If you're not adding Drivers, it should take less than a minute since all the WinPE Packages you need are already installed

Test Boot

Looks perfect with Windows Recovery Wizard since I used WinRE and DaRT already installed

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