26Feb/090
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 beta 2 features
Yesterday I attended a MS Livemeeting in which Michael Niehaus and Tim Mintner showed all the new features MDT 2010 beta 2 will contain.
Here’s a summary of what I believe are the most interesting changes and new features:
Beta 1 features:
- Windows 7 and Windows server 2008 R2 Support
Beta 2 features:
- Deployment Workbench (UI) Architecture Enhancements
- More flexible
- Support for multiple deployment shares (both local and remote)
- Multi-User support for the workbench (previously more than one active instance of the deployment workbench led to strange behaviors)
- Easier and more flexible grouping
- Drag and drop support, even from portable deployment point
- Long running tasks can be cancelled (or run from a command line)
- Each deployment point can have an associated database (as opposed to a single database for all deployment points in MDT 2008)
- Each deployment point can have linked deployment points, for replication
- Each deployment point can have multiple media definitions
- Drivers can be targeted to install even if not detected
- Based on PowerShell provider
- Wizard Pages have "View Script" and "View Output" on summary (just like SCVMM2008)
- Script Architecture Enhancements
- Improved diagnostics and logging
- Better error and recovery
- Better network retry logic (no more: unable to contact deployment point errors!)
- Improved readability of default scripts
- Documentation Improvements
- Simplified documentation
- Cross linked content
- Covers both the why's and how's’
As you can see, there’s going to be enough changes! Suffice to say I will test-drive Beta 2 once it’s up for download!