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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!
This release expands your deployment capabilities with support for the latest software releases, including Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate, and System Center 2012 Conf... more
Ensure a secure Windows Server 2012 Beta deployment with MDT 2012!
MDT 2012 is now available for download! MDT 2012 provides support for Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 Beta and System Center Configuration Manager 2012 releases.
TechNet Radio: How to Slipstream IE9 into an MDT, Windows 7 migration
Its IT Time and in this episode, Blain Barton and John Baker welcome IT Pro Community Manager, Stephen Rose. Tune in as Stephen walks us through the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and shows us how easy ... more

Webcasts and Videos

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.

MDT Blogs

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Sometimes it’s the little things…
I’ve been building SMS and ConfigMgr environments for over 17 years now. You would think that in that amount of time I would be able to do this witho... more

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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1 Beta 1 Now Available
Expand your deployment capabilities with support for Windows 8 Release Preview The Solution Acce... more

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Enterprise Management of ActiveX Controls using ActiveX Installer Service
The ActiveX Installer Service (AXIS) is a Windows technology that enables the installation of ActiveX controls to a standard user in the enterprise. I... more

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New MacBook Air (June 2013) Deployment Issue
I've worked out how to use MDT 2012 to deploy Windows 7 (and now Windows 8) to MacBook Pro laptops, and it works very well. The only concession I've h... more
CS.ini automatically select task sequence based on model
What I want to accomplish is for MDT to automatically select the task sequence based on the model, and if there is no match to run a generic deploymen... more
Changing CustomSettings.ini Variable to SkipBuild=NO Causing Problems
I am taking a deployment that has already been created and making modifications by adding two task sequences. The original deployment only has a singl... more
Server 2008 Custom WIM
<p>I have created and captured a 2008 SP2 server with no errors but when i go to deploy the custom wim file I get the error http://social.techne... more
MDT 2012 Update 1 - Deployment ignorning Domain Join information
Hello, I'm currently testing MDT 2012 Update 1 as we'd like to begin deploying Windows 8 and our MDT 2010 setup does not support the OS. I've install... more

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