After you install MDT, the snap-in you’ll use is the Deployment Workbench (DW). MDT 2010 requires the Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7. I also discuss how to force application installation in bare-metal and replace scenarios.īefore you start, you need to install MDT 2010, which is available as a free download from Microsoft.

In this article I explain how to set up MDT 2010 to reinstall applications found on XP workstations and apply the applications’ settings after Windows 7 has been installed in a refresh scenario. Configure MDT DW with XP application information WHAT YOU NEED: MDT 2010 a deployment share as described in InstantDoc ID 103607 a task sequence as described in InstantDoc ID 125154 an application added to the Deployment Workbench (DW) SOLUTION STEPS:ĥ. SOLUTION: Use MDT 2010 to create a repeatable migration scenario complete with applications and their settings. PROBLEM: You need to migrate your Windows XP machines to Windows 7 without having to manually reinstall every application. Although you could technically upgrade XP to Vista, then Vista to Windows 7, doing so isn’t really feasible. Upgrades are possible only from Windows Vista (not XP). Bare-metal installations are performed on computers with no OS installed or by wiping the current OS and installing from scratch. A replace scenario replaces the physical computer and the OS.

A refresh scenario simply updates the OS of an existing computer. There are four Windows 7 installation scenarios: refresh, replace, bare-metal, and upgrade. But with just a little work and tweaking on your part, MDT can perform something close to application migration. When you use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 to migrate Windows XP workstations to Windows 7, applications currently installed on XP aren’t migrated to Windows 7-at least not by default.

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