Prerequisites

If you have downloaded the MDT Bundle Creator tool manually, make sure you have installed all the correct prerequisites before you run the tool.

If you choose to create your MDT Bundles on an Endpoint Management client, you can download prerequisites by running the Fixlets described in Creating and managing MDT Bundles manually If you download the MDT Bundle Creator on a computer which is not part of your Endpoint Management network, you must ensure that the following prerequisites are installed before you run the tool.

The following list includes system requirements and prerequisites for using the MDT Bundle Creator tool:
  • Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016/2019/2022/2025, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2.
  • MSXML 6.0.
Additionally, you use PowerShell to automate the sequence creation steps. PowerShell is available with Windows Server 2008 and later operating systems but must be installed on Windows Server 2003. (.Net is required by PowerShell.)Finally, 7zip is required:
When all prerequisites are satisfied, download and install the following components from the Microsoft sites, depending on the operating systems you are planning to deploy. You can also run the corresponding Fixlets to download them to your MDT Bundle Creator machine. For further information, see MDT Bundle Creators and valid component combinations.
Table 1. Deployment Toolkits
Deployment Toolkits Fixlets
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) build 8456 Fixlet 137
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (WADK) for Windows 8 and 8.1 (Superseded) Fixlet 60
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (WADK) 10 Fixlet 62
Important: Prior to installing Windows ADK, ensure that WAIK is not installed.
You must include the following required Windows ADK components:
  • Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE)
  • Deployment Tools
  • User State Migration Tool (USMT).
You will also need an ISO file of the installation source for the operating systems you plan to deploy. The supported Microsoft™ operating systems are:
  • Windows™ 7 32-bit
  • Windows™ 7 64-bit
  • Windows™ 8 32-bit
  • Windows™ 8 64-bit
  • Windows™ 8.1 32-bit
  • Windows™ 8.1 64-bit
  • Windows™ 10 32-bit
  • Windows™ 10 64-bit
  • Windows™ 11 64-bit
  • Windows™ Server 2008 (x86, x64)
  • Windows™ Server 2008 R2 (x64)
  • Windows™ Server 2012 (x64)
  • Windows™ Server 2012 R2 (x64)
  • Windows™ Server 2016/2019/2022/2025 (x64)