Chris Nackers

OS Deployment

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 1 Released

2011-06-02

From the archive (2011). Written for the tools of the time, so some details may be out of date.

Beta 1 of MDT 2012 has been released.  You can download it on Microsoft Connect.

So what’s new with MDT 2012? Here are a few key points.

  • Support for ConfigMgr 2012

  • New application model support

  • Integration with new console (no longer MMC)

  • Support for pre-start

  • Improved UI

  • Additional bug fixes

  • Full support for UEFI, 4k disks

  • Cross-platform deployment (x64 OS from x86 boot media)

Here is a screenshot of the new UI from my lab:

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New progress bar status:

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