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MDT 2012 provides a common console with comprehensive tools and guidance for every organizational role—making it the recommended process and toolset to automate large-scale desktop and server deployments. Learn more.

New!  Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1 Now Available!

New features and enhancements make large-scale desktop and server deployments smoother than ever with new features, such as:

  • Support for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CTP
  • Support for DaRT 8 Beta
  • New “Build Your Own Pages” UDI feature
  • New System Center 2012 Orchestrator support

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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012 with Michael Niehaus
Michael Niehaus from the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) team chats with Symon Perriman about the upcoming MDT 2012 release and improvement around desktop and server deployments, "zero-touch" installations and integration with System Center Configuration Manager 2012.

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MDT 2012 Update 1 Beta 1 now available!
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Ensure a secure Windows Server 2012 Beta deployment with MDT 2012!
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P2V Migration for Software Assurance Beta with Jeremy Chapman
Watch Jeremy Chapman demonstrate Microsoft P2V Migration for Software Assurance by walking through the management console and showing us what the experience looks from the user’s perspective.

Windows XP to Windows 7 Migration Using MDT 2010
Learn how to build media that will automatically migrate computers from Windows XP to Windows 7 with user data, custom applications and drivers.

Tools to plan and deploy Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Learn how Solution Accelerators can help you make sense of the many deployment tools for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. Get the answers to common questions, such as which tool is right for your environment and what are limitations of each tool?

Building install media for Windows 7 with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit
Jeremy Chapman gives a quick tour of the MDT, showing how to create the install media that makes the magic happen.

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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1 Beta 1 Now Available
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PXE Deployment with Surface Pro
PXE support has been added to Surface Pro as part of the May firmware update. This means that as long as you have the Surface Pro Ethernet Adapter an... more

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Unselect all applications in TS, Install all preselected applications anyway
Hi, I have a really weird problem. In my customsettings.ini I have the following applications are selected by default Applications001={d9becb5a-a79f-4... more
Install Operating system does not reboot - mdt 2012
Greetings, I am running the default task sequence installing a w2k3 server. It gets to the install operating system task sequence step and copies t... more
How to rename local administrator account when deploy Windows 7 image?
I am using MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7 image. The image deployed fine and before I capture the image, I renamed local administrator account but the c... more
Deploy Windows 8 and not display the "sign into windows screen"
I have everything automated in a windows 7 installation, so I replicate my setup (task sequences) for windows 8 deployment, it all works perfect excep... more
Task sequence log errors
Hello Everyone, I am trying to diagnose my task sequence from the smsts.log. The things I googled have not helped me with its failures. Might these ... more

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