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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 Now Available!

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

  • New support for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
  • Integration with Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 7 (DaRT) and Security Compliance Manager (SCM)
  • Support for Windows 8 Consumer Preview in a lab environment
  • Support for Windows Server 2012 Beta

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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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TechNet Radio: Say hello to MDT 2012
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Webcasts and Videos

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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.

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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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Troubleshooting MDT 2012 Monitoring
I mentioned a while back that I wanted to do a blog post talking about how to troubleshoot the new MDT 2012 monitoring feature for Lite Touch deployme... more

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Still need MDT 2010 Update 1?
If you missed the announcement, MDT 2012 was released last week. At that point, the Download Center was updated so that the main MDT download is now ... more

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Run command line as domain user – Incorrect Function Error
When deploying Windows clients using Configuration Manager 2007 and MDT 2010 Update 1, there is often a requirement to run task sequence actions as a ... more

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Install application base on model
Hi, I am new to MDT and have installed MDT 2012 as well as database few months ago. I wanted to try install application base on laptop model. I have ... more
Windows 7 Deployment 2 Partitions
We don't have SCCM, so we will only be using the free MDT 2010 tools.We would like to deploy Windows 7 with 2 partitions and also deploy files to bot... more
USMT rule to migrate all folders containing a specific file?
Here's a tricky one (at least I think so) :) I need to migrate all the folders on a machine that contain a specific file. For example, if a folder con... more
locationserver.xml and litetouch boot cd
I am been configured the locationserver.xml file on my mdt and wds server. The locationserver.xml works fine when booting from PXE with WDS. However... more
Need to create Hibernation partition in MDT2012
Hi all,First off I'm really new to MDT2012 and I've been chosen to be the one, to figure this all out in my organization.I need to create a hibernat... more

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