Microsoft hat heute die finale Version des kostenlosen Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 mit dessen Hilfe sich Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 und Windows Server 2003 Betriebssysteme sowie Anwendungen für eine Verteilung vorbereiten lassen veröffentlicht und zum Download bereitgestellt. Einen Überblick über die Neuerungen findet sich in den Release Notes. Eine vollständige Liste der Features findet sich in der What’s New in MDT Guide?.
Download -> Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 herunterladen
Das Tool steht ab sofort im Microsoft Download Center zum kostenlosen Download bereit:
- Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012
This release supports the deployment of the Windows 7, Windows Thin PC, Windows Embedded POSReady 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2003 operating systems.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=25175
Download x86 Version -> MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit2012_x86.msi
Download x64 Version -> MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit2012_x64.msi
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Overview
Deploy Windows 7, Office 2010 and 365, and Windows Server 2008 R2 with the newly released Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012. MDT 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.
Some of the key changes in MDT 2012 are:
- 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).