Those that belong to business environments can also opt to go for the Windows 7 Extended Support for Business, although this is just a temporary and expensive solution. Thus, the only viable option left is to upgrade to Windows 10. The only problem is that there are plenty of upgrade processes available. Of course, the simplest method would be to perform an in-place upgrade, where you basically install Windows 10 on top of Windows 7 and have all of your data transferred from the old OS to the new one. It admins working for large companies can make this process even simpler if you use a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 2 task sequence to completely automate the process. The idea of taking an already simple upgrade method and making it even simpler is extremely alluring. That is why we’ve created a step-by-step guide on how you can upgrade your PC to Windows 10 using a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.

How do I upgrade to Windows 10 using a MDT?

For starters, you will need to use 3 different machines to perform this task:

A domain controller We will label it DC A Windows Server 2012 standard machine We will label it WS This machine adds support for Windows 10 deployment, which is extremely useful in our case at hand The actual Windows 7 machine that needs upgrading We will label it PC

1. Create the production deployment share

In order to test out whether this worked, use the File Explorer to verify that you can access the \WS\MDTProduction$ share SPONSORED

2. Add Windows 10 Enterprise

3. Create a task sequence for the upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise

4. Perform the actual Windows 10 upgrade

These steps will need to be performed on the Windows 7 PC: After the task sequence completes, the computer will be fully upgraded to Windows 10.

Conclusion

While the initial sequence setup process may take a while, it will all be automated and any Windows 7 PC will then be updated without further issue. Do you think using an MDT is an efficient way to upgrade PCs to Windows 10 Enterprise? Let us know in the comments section below.

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