Deploy Windows 7, Office 2010, and Windows Server 2008 R2 with the newly released Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1. MDT 2010 Update 1 is the newest version of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, a Solution Accelerator for operating system and application deployment. MDT is the recommended process and toolset for automating Windows 7 and Office 2010 deployments.
The Solution Accelerators Team added new features to MDT 2010 Update 1 that include Office 2010 support, the ability for users to initiate and customize their own deployments using System Center Configuration Manager, key enhancements in Windows 7 driver support, and much more.
MDT 2010 Update 1 will provide new benefits such as:
- Comprehensive tools and guidance to efficiently manage large-scale deployments of Microsoft Office 2010.
- A new User-Driven Installation (UDI) deployment method that utilizes System Center Configuration Manager. UDI lets end users initiate and customize an OS deployment on their PCs—via an easy-to-use wizard.
- Automatically detects the true supported platforms for drivers, reducing deployment issues.
Here are some key features of "Microsoft Deployment Toolkit":
MDT is the recommended process and toolset for automating desktop and server deployments. MDT provides you with the following benefits:
· Unified tools and processes required for desktop and server deployment in a common deployment console and collection of guidance.
· Reduced deployment time and standardized desktop and server images, along with improved security and ongoing configuration management.
· Fully automated zero touch installation deployments by utilizing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 and Windows deployment tools. For those without a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 infrastructure, MDT uses Windows deployment tools for Lite Touch Installation deployments.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Support for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2, including the new application model and user device affinity (UDA).
· Improved Lite Touch partitioning, supporting the preferred partition layouts described in the Windows Automated Installation Kit.
· Support in Lite Touch for deploying 64-bit Windows to computers that support Unified Extended Firmware Interface (UEFI) (without requiring compatibility support for legacy BIOS).
· New Lite Touch “Deploy to VHD” task sequence templates that support deploying a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 image into a virtual hard disk (VHD) file that can then be used for booting the OS (“boot from VHD”).
· Added support for deploying Windows ThinPC and Windows POSReady 7.
· Improved Lite Touch wizard look and feel.
· Continued support for System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 and all operating systems supported by MDT 2010.
· Many bug fixes and other small improvements.
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