Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit: Customise & Deploy Windows

The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) is a set of tools and documentation from Microsoft that allows IT professionals to customize, assess, and deploy Windows operating systems to new computers.

What is Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit?

The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) is a collection of tools, documentation, and samples from Microsoft that enables IT professionals to customize, assess, and deploy Windows operating systems to new computers. Some of the key capabilities it provides:

• Customize Windows images with custom scripts, apps, drivers, and settings using the Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD)
• Assess hardware and application compatibility using the Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
• Deploy Windows over the network to PCs using Windows Deployment Services and the Windows PE environment
• Manage various phases of deployment with tools like the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) and User State Migration Tool (USMT)

Having the ADK installed allows organizations to fully control and automate the process of installing, configuring and customizing Windows machines to their exact specifications. It comes with extensive documentation and code samples to support advanced deployment scenarios. The kit is typically used by IT teams in larger corporations that need to set up Windows on many PCs in a consistent, repeatable way.

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit Features

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