MDT 2012—Now Available for Download!!

Microsoft Announced that, the MDT 2012 is now officially available for download.

Download the latest release of MDT 2012 to stay up-to-date on your Operating system deployment needs. New features and enhancements make large-scale desktop and server deployments smoother than before.

Key Benefits:
· Support for Configuration Manager 2012
· Customizable deployment questions
· Ease Lite Touch installation
· Secure deployments
· Reliability and flexibility
· Support for Windows 8

Support for Configuration Manager 2012: This update provides support for Configuration Manager 2012 RC2 releases. MDT 2012 fully leverages the capabilities provided by Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment. The latest version of MDT offers new User-Driven Installation components and extensibility for Configuration Manager 2007 and 2012. Users now also have the ability to migrate MDT 2012 task sequences from Configuration Manager 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012.

Customize deployment questions: For System Center Configuration Manager customers, MDT 2012 provides an improved, extensible wizard and designer for customizing deployment questions.
Ease Lite Touch installation:The Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolkit (DaRT) is now integrated with Lite Touch Installation, providing remote control and diagnostics. New monitoring capabilities are available to check on the status of currently running deployments. LTI now has an improved deployment wizard user experience. Enhanced partitioning support ensures that deployments work regardless of the current structure.
Secure Deployments:MDT 2012 offers integration with the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool to ensure a secure Windows deployment from the start.

Reliability and flexibility: Existing MDT users will find more reliability and flexibility with the many small enhancements and bug fixes and a smooth and simple upgrade process.

Support for Windows 8: MDT 2012 provides support for deploying Windows 8 Consumer Preview and Windows Server “8” Beta in a lab environment.

MDT works with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit and Security Compliance Manager to help you plan, securely deploy, and manage new Microsoft technologies—easier, faster, and at less cost.

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Microsoft Download Center to download MDT 2012


MDT home page

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Please logon to webcast and deep dive into VMware virtualization world and transformation trends of VMware with regards to End User Computing virtulization.

Introduction to VMware View 5

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This Guide is covers most of below IT Professionals assumptions and scenarios.

1. Moving multiple computers or users from Windows XP or Windows Vista to Windows 7.
2. Transitioning to Windows 7 have user data, settings, and applications that somehow (either partially or completely) need to be migrated to Windows 7.
3. If you would like to avoid manual effort in migrating to Windows 7.
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Refer Deploying Windows 7 from A to Z.doc

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Video Demo on "Building the Deployment Environment"


Video Demo on "Initiating the Install and Migrating the PC"

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Windows 7 OPK

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Part1 , Part2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6, Part7, Part8, Part9, Part10