Going Production – Deploy Windows 8 using MDT 2012 Update 1

Johan Arwidmark walks you through deploying Windows 8 using MDT 2012 Update 1.

Read his post here.

Windows 8 RTM is now available and so is the deployment solution to deploy it. As of this writing (September 19, 2012) MDT 2012 Update 1 is the only deployment solution by Microsoft that supports deploying the final version of Windows 8. The other deployment solution Microsoft has, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, will not support Windows 8 until the SP1 update is released later this year.

Note: Yes, I know: Technically you can use plain vanilla Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and ADK to deploy Windows 8, but that’s not a deployment solution. WDS and ADK are only plumbing tools for deployment, not a deployment solution, and MDT 2012 Update 1 will use them in the background anyway. Please do not waste your time trying to build a deployment solution on WDS and ADK, Microsoft has already done it for you: It’s named MDT 2012 Update 1!