Tools Incorporated into OSD

Although completely integrated into ConfigMgr, OSD uses and takes advantage of multiple separate tools. Knowing how OSD uses these tools and each tool’s function is beneficial and even critical when setting up a deployment and troubleshooting problems. Tools include Sysprep, the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), and USMT, covered in the next sections.

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