Automate Windows Installation with autounattend on ESXi

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Blueprints

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Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) BIOS Dual ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) BIOS Dual ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) BIOS Single ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win10 BIOS Single ISO on macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) BIOS Single ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win10 BIOS Single ISO on Windows worker.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) BIOS WinPE ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) UEFI Dual ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) UEFI Dual ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) UEFI Single ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win10 UEFI Single ISO for macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) UEFI Single ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win10 UEFI Single ISO on Windows worker.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) UEFI WinPE ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) BIOS Dual ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) BIOS Dual ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) BIOS Single ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2016 BIOS Single ISO for macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) BIOS Single ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2016 BIOS Single ISO on Windows Worker.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) BIOS WinPE ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) UEFI Dual ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) UEFI Dual ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) UEFI Single ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2016 UEFI Single ISO for macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) UEFI Single ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2016 UEFI Single ISO for Windows Worker.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) UEFI WinPE ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) BIOS Dual ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) BIOS Dual ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) BIOS Single ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2019 BIOS Single ISO for macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) BIOS Single ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2019 BIOS Single ISO for macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) BIOS WinPE ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) UEFI Dual ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) UEFI Dual ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) UEFI Single ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2019 UEFI Single ISO for macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) UEFI Single ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2019 UEFI Single ISO for Windows worker.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) UEFI WinPE ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) BIOS Dual ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) BIOS Dual ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) BIOS Single ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2022 BIOS Single ISO for macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) BIOS Single ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2022 BIOS Single ISO with Windows Worker.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) BIOS WinPE ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) UEFI Dual ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) UEFI Dual ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) UEFI Single ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2022 UEFI Single ISO for macOS or Linux.
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) UEFI Single ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

1. Builds a Win2022 UEFI Single ISO with Windows Worker
2. Creates an ESXi node and boots to CD ROM running the unattended installer.

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) UEFI WinPE ISO on macOS or Linux Worker for ESXi

Setup Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) BIOS WinPE ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows 10 (Win10) UEFI WinPE ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) BIOS WinPE ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2016 (Win2016) UEFI WinPE ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) BIOS WinPE ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2019 (Win2019) UEFI WinPE ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) BIOS WinPE ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Autounattend Windows Server 2022 (Win2022) UEFI WinPE ISO on Windows Worker for ESXi

Parameters

Name	Type	Script Reference	Comment
New OS Node	Basic Node	newosnode
New OS Windows Node	Windows Node	newoswindowsnode
New OS Windows User: Administrator	Windows Credential	newoswindowsuseradministrator	The windows administrator user

Files

Name	Type	Comment

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