14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft’s Solution Accelerator designed to streamline the deployment of Windows operating system has evolved to the Release Candidate stage. Testers are now free to download and test drive the RC development milestone of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010, a product which has already been tailored to the gold releases of the company’s latest iteration of Windows client and server operating systems. As was the case for the Beta Build, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 RC is available for download via Microsoft Connect.
“We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of the release candidate of MDT 2010. This release contains numerous bug fixes since MDT 2010 Beta 2. MDT 2010 RC has been tested and will work with Windows 7 RTM and Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM as well as all previously supported operating systems,” revealed Microsoft Evangelist Keith Combs.
In addition to the RTM Builds of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 RC also delivers support for technologies including: Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, 2007 Microsoft Office, Microsoft Application Virtualization, Microsoft Online Services (e.g. Exchange Online) and Forefront Client Security, etc.
The software giant has explained that the Release candidate milestone integrates customer feedback. As such, the MDT 2010 RC Build introduces a range of bug fixes based on tester input. With the Beta phase out of the way, Microsoft is preparing to sign-off the solution accelerator, and the RC label is a clear indication that RTM is close.
“Improvements to MDT 2010 RC allow you to: access deployment shares from anywhere on the network and replicate files and settings across organizational boundaries or sites. Organize and manage drivers, operating systems, applications, packages and task sequences with an improved UI. Automate all UI functionality utilizing the new Windows PowerShell,” Combs added.