How to deploy Windows 10 with Columbus 7.4.0

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Summary

You want to deploy Windows 10 with Columbus 7.4.

Synopsis

You want to deploy Windows 10 with Columbus 7.4.

Discussion

Prerequisites
Columbus Version 7.4.0:

• Activated Columbus Client Autoupdate
• Assigned Columbus Client Config Template
• Licensed and activated Columbus Deploy Suite or higher

Obtain your Windows 10 Evaluation copy
If you don?t have already your own Windows 10 Enterprise copy, please visit the Microsoft evaluation channel: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-10-enterprise
After a registration you?ll get your evaluation copy and can start with the deployment.
Create Windows 10 OS Release

• Download Windows10DeployPack.zip and extract the content in your Columbus share (E.g. D:\Columbus).
• Navigate to Windows 10 OS Release (E.g. D:\Columbus\OSDepot\Windows10.x64)
• Copy your Windows setup media content to ?.\OS\? (Do not overwrite or remove the file source.ini!).
• Navigate to ?.\Job? and select the appropriate language job (Depends from your Windows 10 Copy) like ?c_Language_GERMAN? to edit job.ini and change ?Usage=Optional? to ?Usage=Mandatory? -> this job will be selected by default for new configuration.

Edit Windows defaults (unattend.xml)

Operating system edition	KMS Client Setup Key
Windows 10 Professional	W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX
Windows 10 Professional N	MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9
Windows 10 Enterprise	NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43
Windows 10 Enterprise N	DPH2V-TTNVB-4X9Q3-TJR4H-KHJW4
Windows 10 Education	NW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2
Windows 10 Education N	2WH4N-8QGBV-H22JP-CT43Q-MDWWJ
Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB	WNMTR-4C88C-JK8YV-HQ7T2-76DF9
Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB N	2F77B-TNFGY-69QQF-B8YKP-D69TJ

• Navigate into ?.\Sites\MySite\Config\MyConfig? folder of the newly created OS-Release:
• Edit unattend.xml for the entries for <Key>#####-#####-#####-#####-#####</Key> (Note: There are always TWO lines to edit. -> x86/x64!) with one of the followed values:
  (Source: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/jj612867.aspx)

Or type your own Windows License key if available.Edit the Columbus option (columbus.ini)

• Navigate into ?.\Sites\MySite\Config\MyConfig? folder of the new created OS-Release:
• Edit the section [My Columbus Environment] to define the Columbus user access to network resources. Be sure to encrypt the password with CryptIt.exe which can be found in %_ProgramFiles%\Columbus\Console\Tools.

Edit installation options (choices.ini)

• Navigate into ?.\Sites\MySite\Config\MyConfig? folder of the new created OS-Release:
• Edit the section [Domains]. Be sure to encrypt the password with PublicCrypt.exe which can be found in %_ProgramFiles%\Columbus\Console\Tools.

Edit installation defaults (options.ini)

• Edit options.ini for the entries for [Defaults] (You can specify the values which will be displayed by default if nothing is selected by user):

  Values for Keyboard	Values for RegionJob
  France	R_France.fr
  Germany	R_German.ge
  Italy	R_Italy.it
  Japanese	R_Japan.jp
  South Africa (English)	R_SAEng.en
  Switzerland (French)	R_Swiss.fr
  Switzerland (German)	R_Swiss.ge
  Switzerland (Italian)	R_Swiss.it
  United Kingdom	R_UK.en
  United States	R_US.en

  Edit the ?Domain=? entry with your Alias-name from choices.ini
  Edit the entries within the [Database] section to connect to Columbus communication server.

Ready for OS-Deployment
After your modification, schedule a refresh for OS Deployment agent in Columbus Management Console (CMC.exe) to offer new OS Release for your environment.
Then you can assign and configure the new OS-Release to your devices.
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Information

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Additional Information

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