MDT 8450 Now Available

This post has been republished via RSS; it originally appeared at: Configuration Manager Archive articles.

First published on TECHNET on Dec 21, 2017
The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), build 8450, is now available on the Microsoft Download Center . This update supports the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10, version 1709, available on the Microsoft Hardware Dev Center (adksetup.exe file version 10.1.16299.15).

Here is a summary of the significant changes in this build of MDT:

• Supported configuration updates
  
  
  
  • Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 1709
  
  
  • Windows 10, version 1709
  
  
  • Configuration Manager, version 1710
  
  
  
  


• 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
  
  
  • Windows 10 ADK 1607 and later UEFI boot issue on some hardware
  
  
  • Includes updated Configuration Manager task sequence binaries
  
  
  
  

See the following post on How to get help with MDT .



Frequently Asked Questions

In anticipation of some questions that you may have about this release (or MDT in general):

Q: The Inevitable Current Branch Versioning Soup Question; some variation of, “is this only supported with ADK/Win10/SCCM version X”?

We primarily tested this build of MDT with the configuration listed above. Anything outside of that will have a high probability of still working, but your mileage may vary as we haven’t explicitly tested other combinations.

Q: When is the next planned release of MDT?

We do not currently have a timeframe. We will release any tactical changes as needed which may be required to support new builds of Windows 10 or Configuration Manager.

Q: Is this the last release of MDT?

No, we will continue to iterate and invest in the product.



— Aaron Czechowski