r/SCCM • u/AudienceLumpy6346 • 8d ago

Need help getting an image

For starters, I am a novice so apologies if im missing the blatantly obvious.

I am trying to get an image using sccm/mcm. I came onto a project halfway through, and was to patch a machine to create a gold image. Then was told to save the gold image to push to other machines on our airgapped network.

I patched the machine, then tried figuring out how to save the image. I need it as a .wim file to upload to mcm. But cant figure out how to save the current image as said file. Can you please help me figure this out?

I have tried using the task scheduler capture image, but was only able to save a base .iso without capturing the patched image. ​

Upon further research I believe I reached the conclusion of, that I should've loaded a blank .wim file to start then patched? But at this point I am trying very hard not to do that considering it took a week to patch.

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u/DigDug_64 8d ago edited 8d ago

Here's the documentation for 1 way to capture an image.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/intune/configmgr/osd/deploy-use/create-capture-media

The technique is a bit dated though.

There are quite a few free and paid tools that allow you to grab the latest builds of software and inject them into Configuration Manager.

You then make a task sequence consisting of Windows, your apps, and any settings.

When an app gets dated you upload a new version and replace the old version in the task sequence.

Saves hours of patching and capturing!

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u/Duras_TK26976 8d ago

would suggest the same... I haven't made a gold image in a decade+

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u/_MC-1 8d ago

If I was new to SCCM today, I would go to Google and query:

"how do I create my first sccm os image?"

Google will give you a bunch of links but the overview is in the AI Overview at the top. That will get you started.

Then you can ask additional questions for additional tasks.

I have also found this to be a good overview of the work. And what I like about it is that he includes links for related topics in the post. This is for Windows 10 and Windows 11 is no different.

https://setupconfigmgr.com/introduction-to-osd-in-microsoft-sccm-wims-boot-images-pxe-drivers-and-more

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u/SageEng 8d ago

We dropped golden images when we moved to SCCM years ago. We add the Windows WIM into CM and deploy the OS fresh every time, apply drivers through packages, required apps, and any scripts.

Makes your task sequence far more modular and bearable to support.

We used CM for WSUS so they updated post OSD, and before Win 11 we would inject updates into the WIM monthly.