What's new in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 6.1.2373.0
Sep 20, 2012
- Added support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
- Support for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CTP: Added support in MDT for deploying Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CTP, while supporting all new Configuration Manager functionality (offline BitLocker, UEFI, and Assessment and Deployment Kit).
- Support for DaRT 8 Beta: Updated MDT to support DaRT 8 for Windows 8 deployments, while continuing to support DaRT 7 for Windows 7 deployments. Added DaRT support for Configuration Manager scenarios.
- New “Build Your Own Pages” User-Driven Installation (UDI) feature: Enhanced the UDI wizard and designer to enable IT pros to design their own wizard pages with little effort.
- New System Center 2012 - Orchestrator support: Provided the ability to add steps into an OS deployment task sequence to execute Orchestrator runbooks as part of the deployment process.
- Other improvements: Added support for Windows PowerShell 3.0, reworked Roles and Features installation logic for Windows 8, improved “boot from VHD” deployment scenarios, and added support for Configuration Manager monitoring.
New in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 6.0.2223.0 (Apr 17, 2012)
- Comprehensive tools and guidance to efficiently manage large-scale deployments of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 365.
- An enhanced user-Driven Installation (UDI) deployment method that utilizes System Center Configuration Manager 2012. UDI lets end users initiate and customize an OS deployment on their PCs—via an easy-to-use wizard.
- Ease Lite Touch installation through integration with Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit (DaRT).
- This release provides support for deploying Windows 8 Consumer Preview in a lab environment.
New in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 1 (Jun 4, 2011)
- 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.
New in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 Update 1 (Jul 8, 2010)
- New features to MDT 2010 Update 1 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.
New in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 5.0 (Sep 9, 2009)
- Improvements to the newest version of MDT allow you to:
- Access deployment shares from anywhere on the network and replicate files and settings across organizational boundaries or sites.
- Organize and manage drivers, operating systems, applications, packages, and task sequences with an improved UI.
- Automate UI functionality using the Windows PowerShell command line interface.