Deploying with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

The Windows 7 operating system and the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) include the low-level tools necessary to deploy the operating system. However, they don't provide a framework for managing and automating high-volume Windows 7 deployments or business logic for managing complex projects. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT 2010) provides this framework and business logic, making it Microsoft's primary tool for deploying Windows 7.

This tutorial describes how to use MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7. It assumes that you've already created a deployment share in a lab and populated it with applications, device drivers, and packages. It also assumes that you've already designed and built custom Windows 7 disk images, as described in previous tutorial, "Developing Disk Images." This tutorial helps you configure and customize MDT 2010 for Lite Touch Installation (LTI). For more information about Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) by using MDT 2010 with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, see the MDT 2010 documentation.