微软发布 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 8450
今天微软通过 Microsoft Download Center 发布了 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 的最新版本 MDT 8450,本次更新支持最新版的 Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit(ADK)以及 Windows 10,即 1709(10.1.16299.15),同时也支持 Configuration Manager v1710,整体改进了 Windows 10 的部署和升级。
在 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Team Blog 上也发布了 MDT 8450 的修订说明。质量改进方面解决了不少已知的 Bug,具体的界面和功能体验还有待测试。
- Quality updates (titles of bug fixes)
- Win10 Sideloaded App dependencies and license not installed
- CaptureOnly task sequence doesn't allow capturing an image
- Error received when starting an MDT task sequence: Invalid DeploymentType value "" specified. The deployment will not proceed
- ZTIMoveStateStore looks for the state store folder in the wrong location causing it to fail to move it
- xml contains a simple typo that caused undesirable behavior
- Install Roles & Features doesn't work for Windows Server 2016 IIS Management Console feature
- Browsing for OS images in the upgrade task sequence does not work when using folders
- MDT tool improperly provisions the TPM into a Reduced Functionality State (see KB 4018657 for more information)
- Updates to ZTIGather chassis type detection logic
- Upgrade OS step leaves behind SetupComplete.cmd, breaking future deployments
- Includes updated Configuration Manager task sequence binaries
相对于近期呼声较高的现代化 IT 交付技术 - Windows AutoPilot,不少用户产生了疑虑,MDT 是否会被终结?!而这次 MDT 8450 的发布说明中给出了解答,MDT 团队明确了会对这个免费部署工具的持续交付。
MDT 8450 支持在现有 MDT 上进行升级,一路覆盖安装,在过程中使会通过对比文件 Hash 进行替换,而一些被修改过的文件和必要文件会自动执行备份,之后打开 MDT 管理器会要求对部署节点进行升级,如果一切顺利,最后可以再对部署点执行 Update,重新生成 Litetouch Boot 去替换 WDS 已经导入的 Boot WIM。
根据目前初步的测试,MDT 8450 仍旧支持 Windows 7 的部署,所以适合广大的企业IT环境。但是对于国内这种多分区,或固态+机械硬盘且多分区的复杂环境,默认支持或称为流程,还是存在一些问题的,存在差异理论这是问题的根源!