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Richard Diver
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Richard Diver

Richard Diver is a senior technical business strategy manager for the Microsoft Security Solutions group, focused on developing security partners. Based in Chicago, Richard works with advanced security and compliance partners to help them build solutions across the entire Microsoft platform, including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft 365 security solutions, and many more. Prior to Microsoft, Richard worked in multiple industries and for several Microsoft partners to architect and implement cloud security solutions for a wide variety of customers around the world. Any spare time he gets is usually spent with his family.
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Manuel Singer works as a Senior Premier Field Engineer for Windows Client at Microsoft and is based in Germany. He has more than 10 years of experience in system management and deployment using Microsoft technologies. He specializes in client enterprise design, deployment, performance, reliability, and Microsoft devices. Manuel works with local and international top customers from the private and public sector to provide professional technical and technological support.
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Jeff Stokes

Jeff Stokes is a Windows / Microsoft Engineer currently employed at Microsoft. He specializes in Operating System Health, Reliability, and Performance. He is skilled in Windows Deployment with MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) and has exceptional skills in VDI (Virtual Desktop) and performance analysis. He is an active writer and blogger and loves technology.
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Selecting the deployment tools

This question is not easy to answer. Different people will have different preferences and therefore favor different deployment tools. But perhaps we can roll up to the question from a different side as it is just the same if you use MDT, SCCM, or a third-party deployment.

It is important to use the latest ADK delivered with the Windows 10 release you are deploying. Your ADK should be at most one release older; have a look at the known issues page of the ADK before picking it. From this important requirement and the release cadence of one to two Windows 10 releases per year, we come to the next prerequisite.

Your chosen deployment tool should get at least one to two updates per year to support the newest features and newest ADK. As more and more configuration is not only done by GPO but also by MDM and WMI bridge, it becomes more essential that your deployment and configuration environment keeps up with the pace.

Last but not least important is the ability to script pre- and post-upgrade task sequences. You will most likely run into situations where you need to configure, update, or remove something before performing the upgrade, and the same applies to the phase after a successful upgrade. As some configurations can only be done from PowerShell, you should select a deployment tool with (direct) PowerShell support.

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Authors (3)

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Richard Diver

Richard Diver is a senior technical business strategy manager for the Microsoft Security Solutions group, focused on developing security partners. Based in Chicago, Richard works with advanced security and compliance partners to help them build solutions across the entire Microsoft platform, including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft 365 security solutions, and many more. Prior to Microsoft, Richard worked in multiple industries and for several Microsoft partners to architect and implement cloud security solutions for a wide variety of customers around the world. Any spare time he gets is usually spent with his family.
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Manuel Singer

Manuel Singer works as a Senior Premier Field Engineer for Windows Client at Microsoft and is based in Germany. He has more than 10 years of experience in system management and deployment using Microsoft technologies. He specializes in client enterprise design, deployment, performance, reliability, and Microsoft devices. Manuel works with local and international top customers from the private and public sector to provide professional technical and technological support.
Read more about Manuel Singer

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Jeff Stokes

Jeff Stokes is a Windows / Microsoft Engineer currently employed at Microsoft. He specializes in Operating System Health, Reliability, and Performance. He is skilled in Windows Deployment with MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) and has exceptional skills in VDI (Virtual Desktop) and performance analysis. He is an active writer and blogger and loves technology.
Read more about Jeff Stokes