Creating and managing Windows Bundles manually
Use the Fixlets and tasks in the Windows Bundle Creator Setup node to manually prepare your environment for creating Windows Bundles.
You can download and run the Windows Bundle Creator tool on an BigFix client, or on any other computer of your choice, providing it connects to the external network, and meets specific system requirements and prerequisites. If you run the tool on a client, there are Fixlets and tasks that install the required prerequisites and components for you.
If your designated computer is not an Endpoint Management client, then you must download the Windows Bundle Creator tool manually and install the needed prerequisites , by following the process described in Windows Bundle creation process.
If you are setting up the Windows Bundle on an BigFix client, from the Setup node, expand Windows Bundle Creator Setup to display the required Fixlets and tasks.
To prepare your client system to run the Windows Bundle Creator Tool, run the required Fixlets and tasks in the order shown, then launch the Windows Bundle Creator tool to create your Windows Bundle, and finally upload the bundle to the BigFix server.
- Deploy 7-Zip - Fixlet 40
Downloads the 7-zip compression and decompression tool to the selected computer.
- Deploy Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit 10 - Fixlet 62
To download and install one of the following on the selected computer:
- WADK for Windows 11 24H2 (build 26100) for Windows Bundle or to use with MDT build 8456 for MDT Bundle
- WADK for Windows 11 22H2 (build 22621) to use with MDT build 8456
- WADK for Windows 11 (build 22000) to use with MDT build 8456
- WADK 10 release id 2004 to use with MDT build 8456
- WADK 10 release id 1903 to use with MDT build 8456
- WADK 10 release id 1809 to use with MDT build 8450 or build 8456
- WADK 10 release id 1803 to use with MDT build 8450
- WADK 10 release id 1709 to use with MDT build 8443 or build 8450
- WADK 10 release id 1703 to use with MDT build 8443
- WADK 10 release id 1607 to use with MDT build 8443
Important:- WADK for Windows 11 (build 26100) supersedes all previous x64 versions.
- WADK for Windows 10 2004 supersedes all previous x86 versions.
- Using WADK 10 release id 1703 or later, when you create an MDT Bundle with a parameters.ini file pointing to an .iso containing install.esd or to a folder containing an install.esd image, and not install.wim, the creation of the bundle is successful.
- On Windows 7, Windows 2008, or Windows 2008 R2 systems, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 must already be installed before you run this Fixlet.
Note: The choice of which kit to download depends on the operating systems you are planning to deploy. See Windows Bundle Creators. WAIK and WADK cannot coexist on the same computer. -
Deploy MDT build 8456 - Fixlet 137
Run this Fixlet on the selected computer if you installed WADK 10 version 1809, version 1903, version 2004, version 21H2 (build 22000), version 22H2 (build 22621), version 24H2 (build 26100) in the previous step if you want to create an MDT Bundle.
This is not needed if you want to create a Windows Bundle.
Note: MDT build 8443 and build 8450 are no longer available. - Deploy Windows Bundle Creator - Task 46
When you run the Windows Bundle Creator task from the OS Deployment and Bare Metal Imaging site, a folder containing all the Windows Bundle Creator tool program is created. The folder is located in the path
<Drive of BigFix Client>\OSDSETUP. You can also download the Windows Bundle tool manually to your computer. In this case, a compressed file is downloaded to the specified path and you must extract its contents. - Follow the steps described in Windows Bundle creation process to launch the Windows Bundle Creator tool on the selected computer.
- Upload the Windows Bundle to the BigFix server from the Deployment Resources tab of the Bundle and Media Manager Dashboard.