Microsoft shutters fan favorite deployment platform, to the dismay of many

• MDT has been removed – existing deployments will work, but a migration is necessary
• No further security updates or support for future OS releases will be issued
• Reddit users have criticized the alternative solutions

Microsoft has confirmed it will no longer support Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT), meaning updates, support, and security patches/fixes are all off the cards.

Although existing MDT deployments should keep working for now, no compatibility updates will be issued for future versions of Windows, and download packages may be removed from official channels.

Originally released in 2003, the now legacy enterprise deployment toolset was used to deploy Windows OS and apps either fully automated, with user input or via bootable media.