April 1, 2026
IT Brief recapped a Recast Windows Deployment survey of SysAdmins that shows many organizations still rely on recently retired Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and Windows Deployment Services for critical bare‑metal OS deployment, even as they accelerate their shift to cloud‑based management. The article, based on a blog by Recast Senior Software Engineer David Segura, highlights growing urgency for alternatives, noting that while Intune adoption is rising, cloud provisioning tools don’t fully cover disaster recovery and reimaging needs, leaving gaps IT teams must address.
Originally published in IT Brief.
Excerpt: “For organizations moving away from ConfigMgr, the challenge is not just migration but maintaining continuity in device recovery and reimaging. The results indicate that cloud-first management does not remove the practical need to rebuild machines from scratch after failure, compromise or hardware changes.”
