Recently had to create a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 template If you install Mcafee VSE 8.8 the VMware customization to deploy a VM from the template fails. As checked Mcafee for now do not have nay solution for this problem and the only way to get the deployment using the VMware customization wizard working is by removing VSE 8.8 from the master image of Server 2008 R2 SP1 Hope this helps