Windows Imaging Lab

End-to-end Windows 11 image engineering lab built on Apple Silicon using Parallels.

This repository documents a complete Windows 11 imaging workflow built and tested in a virtualized ARM64 environment.

The lab validates traditional deployment techniques using modern Apple Silicon hardware.

Lab Goals

Validate the full Windows deployment lifecycle:

• Reference image creation
• Sysprep generalization
• DISM image capture
• WIM validation
• Disk partitioning (UEFI/GPT)
• Image deployment using WinPE
• Boot configuration with BCDBoot
• Successful OOBE initialization

Environment

Host

• macOS (Apple Silicon)

Hypervisor

• Parallels Desktop

Guest OS

• Windows 11 ARM64

Tools

• DISM
• Sysprep
• WinPE
• BCDBoot

Imaging Workflow

Reference Image  
↓  
Sysprep Generalization  
↓  
DISM Capture  
↓  
WIM Validation  
↓  
WinPE Deployment  
↓  
Disk Partitioning (UEFI/GPT)  
↓  
Image Apply  
↓  
Boot Configuration  
↓  
OOBE

Documentation

Full lab documentation:

Windows 11 ARM64 Imaging Lab Guide

Repository Structure

docs/ → full lab walkthrough
scripts/ → automation scripts used during imaging
configs/ → deployment configuration files

Purpose

This repository exists as a personal lab used to practice and validate Windows deployment engineering techniques.