How to using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 deploy Windows 8

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   Hi All :

   Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is the recommended process and toolset for automating desktop and server deployment.

   MDT provides you with the following benefits: 

  • Unified tools and processes, including a set of guidance, for deploying desktops and servers in a common deployment console.
  • Reduced deployment time and standardized desktop and server images, along with improved security and ongoing configuration management.

   Now , the MDT newest version is MDT 2012 Update 1 , you can order it from : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25175

   Some of the key changes in MDT 2012 Update 1 are:

  • 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.

   MDT 2012 Update 1 Deployment Workbench :

 

   This document will to show you how to using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Update 1 to deploy Windows 8 RTM . (Not contain integration with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager )

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   Enjoy !

   Justin Gao

   Microsoft (China)

MDT 2012 Deployment Windows 8.pdf