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**Applies to**
- Windows 10
This topic provides an overview of the features, components, and capabilities of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). To download the latest version of MDT, visit the [MDT resource page](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=618117). When you are ready to start using MDT, see [Prepare for deployment with MDT](prepare-for-windows-deployment-with-mdt.md).
This topic provides an overview of the features, components, and capabilities of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).
To download the latest version of MDT, visit the [MDT resource page](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=618117). When you are ready to start using MDT, see [Prepare for deployment with MDT](prepare-for-windows-deployment-with-mdt.md).
## About MDT
MDT is a unified collection of tools, processes, and guidance for automating desktop and server deployment. You can use it to create reference images or as a complete deployment solution. MDT is one of the most important tools available to IT professionals today.
In addition to reducing deployment time and standardizing desktop and server images, MDT enables you to more easily manage security and ongoing configurations. MDT builds on top of the core deployment tools in the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) with additional guidance and features designed to reduce the complexity and time required for deployment in an enterprise environment.
In addition to reducing deployment time and standardizing desktop and server images, MDT enables you to more easily manage security and ongoing configurations. MDT builds on top of the core deployment tools in the [Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/get-started/adk-install) (Windows ADK) with additional guidance and features designed to reduce the complexity and time required for deployment in an enterprise environment.
MDT supports the deployment of Windows 10, as well as Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server. It also includes support for zero-touch installation (ZTI) with [Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager](https://docs.microsoft.com/configmgr/).
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## MDT Lite Touch components
Many features in the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) support Lite Touch Installation (LTI) for Windows 10. An LTI deployment strategy requires very little infrastructure or user interaction, and can be used to deploy an operating system from a network share or from a physical media, such as a USB flash drive or disc.
Many features in MDT support Lite Touch Installation (LTI) for Windows 10. An LTI deployment strategy requires very little infrastructure or user interaction, and can be used to deploy an operating system from a network share or from a physical media, such as a USB flash drive or disc.
When deploying the Windows operating system using MDT, most of the administration and configuration is done through the Deployment Workbench, but you also can perform many of the tasks using Windows PowerShell. The easiest way to find out how to use PowerShell in MDT is to use the Deployment Workbench to perform an operation and at the end of that task, click View Script. That will give you the PowerShell command.
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On the deployment share, you also can enable monitoring. After you enable monitoring, you will see all running deployments in the Monitor node in the Deployment Workbench.
## Related topics
## See next
[Microsoft Deployment Toolkit downloads and documentation](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=618117)<br>
[Create a Windows 10 reference image](create-a-windows-10-reference-image.md)<br>
[Deploy a Windows 10 image using MDT](deploy-a-windows-10-image-using-mdt.md)<br>
[Build a distributed environment for Windows 10 deployment](build-a-distributed-environment-for-windows-10-deployment.md)<br>
[Refresh a Windows 7 computer with Windows 10](refresh-a-windows-7-computer-with-windows-10.md)<br>
[Replace a Windows 7 computer with a Windows 10 computer](replace-a-windows-7-computer-with-a-windows-10-computer.md)<br>
[Configure MDT settings](configure-mdt-settings.md)
[Prepare for deployment with MDT](prepare-for-windows-deployment-with-mdt.md)