Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Beta 2 - Now Available

Another Microsoft product is available, you can register on Microsoft Connect to download this beta version
https://connect.microsoft.com/site14/Microsoft%20Deployment%20Toolkit


New features and enhancements make large-scale desktop and server deployments smoother than ever! For System Center Configuration Manager customers, MDT 2012 Beta 2 provides an improved, extensible wizard and designer for customizing deployment questions. MDT 2012 makes full use of the capabilities provided by System Center Configuration Manager 2012 for OS deployment. MDT 2012 integrates with configuration templates from the Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool to ensure a secure Windows installation from the beginning of the deployment. 

Prerequisites

For Lite Touch Installation (LTI) deployments, MDT requires the following components, regardless of the operating system being deployed. Install these components only on the computer on which you install MDT:

• Microsoft Management Console (MMC) version 3.0
• Microsoft .NET Framework  3.5 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
• Windows PowerShell® version 2.0
• Windows AIK for Windows 7 (with or without the Windows AIK for Windows 7 SP1 supplement)

For Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) deployments, MDT requires the following components:

• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Release Candidate (RC) 1
• Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 for the site system servers and computers running the Configuration Manager console for Configuration Manager 2012
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1
• Microsoft SQL Server® 2008 R2
• Windows PowerShell version 2.0

For User-Driven Installation (UDI) deployments, MDT requires the following components:

• Configuration Manager 2012 RC1
• Configuration Manager 2007 R3
• Windows PowerShell version 2.0
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 for the site system servers and computers running the Configuration Manager console for Configuration Manager 2012
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with SP2 and Cumulative Update 6