This session was interesting in the fact it's presenter was stuck in the UK due to the Icelandic Volcano, however, he had done a superb job with Camtasia and audio recordings to produce a 1 hour demo that worked as well without him being there.
I did not make many notes due to it being a long demo but it is clear to see MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) is much improved over the version I saw last time I was here. Having said that, whilst is is not a strong GUI based tool, it is still not ideal for a large enterprise. Yes it helps you deliver some customisations, Yes it is free, Yes it needs some very in depth skill, Yes it is very manual.
Can you see where I am going? I think MDT could be used very well by some of our manufacturing teams to customise a standard office build but at this stage it is not suitable for our needs. We have spent some time discussing MDT vs. Intrinsic Swimage and now having had a good look at both, I am comfortable with Mars spending money for the right tool. I see MDT as very similar to where MS started with Terminal Services, constantly they would aim at Citrix and try to catch up but always falling slightly short (due to contractual agreements). I see MDT (a personally developed tool by a few MS employees for free, for fun) in this approach. Give it a couple more years and lets see where they are then!
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