Use autounattend.xml[1] to pre-configure an image before installation. This is what corporate sysadmins have done in the past three decades to administer Windows NT fleets. Use PowerShell and various admin modules to configure an online installation.

Then, to get a better version of Windows, use MAS[2].

[1]: https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

[2]: https://massgrave.dev/