MDT

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) provides a unified collection of tools, processes, and guidance for automating desktop and server deployments. In addition to reducing deployment time and standardizing desktop and server images, MDT offers improved security and ongoing configuration management.

News and highlights

MDT build 8456 is the latest version available on the Microsoft Download Center.

This update begins support for Windows 10, version 1809, and Windows Server 2019. For more information, see the supported platforms section.

Significant changes

Here is a summary of the substantial changes in MDT build 8456.

Supported configuration updates

Major changes

The following list is a summary of the major changes in this version:

Supported platforms

MDT releases are no longer tagged with year or update version. To align better with the current branches of Windows 10 and Configuration Manager, and to simplify the branding and release process, it’s now simply Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. The build number is used to distinguish each release. For example, the latest build available for download is 8456.

Unlike Configuration Manager with a predetermined release schedule, MDT only releases as required to support new versions of Windows, the Windows ADK, or Configuration Manager current branch. Any known issues with these components will be documented in this article as necessary.

The following OS versions are supported for deployment with this build of MDT:

 Note

MDT doesn’t support Windows 10 ARM64 devices, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2022 operating systems.