April 1, 2026
IT Pro published an article highlighting Windows Deployment survey findings and analysis from Recast Senior Software Engineer David Segura. The article discusses how Microsoft’s retirement of the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is forcing IT administrators to reassess their OS deployment strategies, as many organizations still rely on MDT or Windows Deployment Services for critical bare‑metal and disaster recovery workflows. While teams are increasingly moving to Intune or hybrid management models, cloud-first tools don’t fully replace traditional OS deployment needs. This leaves gaps that admins must address quickly to avoid operational risk.
Originally published in IT Pro.
Excerpt: “Organizations should align their deployment strategy with their broader endpoint‑management roadmap by clearly defining the limitations of cloud‑only approaches and planning compensating solutions where needed.”
