New Task Types

OSD (in its current form) was introduced with ConfigMgr 2007, but Microsoft did not include any new built-in task types until ConfigMgr 2012 R2. ConfigMgr 2012 R2 marks another significant milestone: It is the first release of ConfigMgr after the ConfigMgr product team took ownership of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). These two milestones are tightly related.

Note: About the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

MDT is a free and fully supported solution from Microsoft that is both a complete stand-alone solution for deploying Windows and an add-on to base functionality of ConfigMgr OSD. As an add-on for OSD, it provides a great deal of commonly needed functionality and makes the deployment process both dynamic and database driven. ...

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