At my company we are buying 30 new Identical PC's from Dell so we have standard setup.
What i want to know is if its possible to configure one of these machines to our specification as a master and then create an image/clone of it to roll out to the rest of them.
They will all come Licensed with Windows 10 Pro i assume OEM.
I would be using something like Clonezilla to create the clones/images which i have a little bit of experience with.
Is there any kind of techincal or legal issues when doing this ?
Will i need to retrieve the original OEM key from each machine before imaging them and then simply input it afterwards ? Or is it more complicated than that ?
Thanks in advance.
Best Answer
DO NOT use CloneZilla or any other type of 3rd party tool, as they're not needed, will only result in lost time and inefficiency, coupled with likely causing licensing issues.
Windows natively supports everything you're trying to do via three tools
SysPrep
DISM
(all files are hashed)
The way in which the deployment of the WIM (Windows IMage) occurs will depend on the environment.
The SpiceWorks Forum will prove invaluable to you regardless of which way you choose to go, as many, if not most, forum members work in IT and Systems Management, along with highly-trained Microsoft Techs that are very active on the site.
Examples
Provided
/CheckIntegrity
&/Verify
are always used, it's impossible for a WIM / ESD to become corrupted.WinPE only has 32MB of scratch [temp] space by default, so
/ScratchDir
is required(can be changed in MDT)
Capture:
Apply:
/Name:
or/Description:
can be utilized in lieu of/Index:
When it comes to licensing in a business environment, don't skimp