

\\server\sources\os\driver packages\Windows 8.1 圆4\Microsoft\Surface Pro 3\īefore continuing, remove the check mark from Update Distribution Points when finished as we still need to distribute this new package to one or more distribution pointsĪnd we will not be adding these drivers to the boot image so do not select any boot image, we will add the network driver to the boot image later in this guide. Select Import all drivers in the following network path and use the Driver path that we specified above in Step 1, eg:Īs these are new drivers for a new product, we want to categorize them for searching later, so click on CategoriesĬlick on Create and enter Microsoft Surface Pro 3 - Windows 8.1 X64 as the category name as shown belowĬlick on Ok so it shows like the screenshot belowįor the Add drivers to package screen, click on New Package and fill in the package details as shown below, for Path, make sure that you've pre-created a suitably named empty folder for your driver package to be stored such as the example below:.

Right click and choose Import Driver as in the screenshot below In the Configuration Manager console, expand Software Library and select the Operating System node, next select Drivers. Import the drivers into Configuration Manager

\\server\sources\os\drivers\Windows 8.1 圆4\Microsoft\Surface Pro 3\ Extract the zip file to somewhere useful like I'd recommend you choose whatever are the latest zipped drivers for the product, in my case that was those from August, namely Surface Pro 3 - August 19, 2014.zip. In this post I'll show you how to install Windows 8.1 X64 Enterprise using UEFI network boot via System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.ĭownload the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 drivers from the following link. Now that the awesome Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is readily available and getting plenty of good press, customers are buying it and re-imaging the default Windows 8.1 Professional installation with their own corporate install.
