Reddit mentions of Deployment Fundamentals, Vol. 4: Deploying Windows 8 and Office 2013 Using MDT 2012 Update 1

> and the company equipment isn't even close to standard, it's what's on sale.

That is the most incompetent company I have ever heard of. You standardize on laptops because it makes service, support, inventory management, budgeting, and forecasting easier. You use WDS/MDT to create a corporate image and inject the appropriate drivers using driver groups and the specific laptop model.

Frankly- if you aren't doing it this way you need to read up on best practices. Pick up a copy of Deployment Fundamentals:

http://www.amazon.com/Deployment-Fundamentals-Vol-Deploying-Windows/dp/9197939080

If you only have one IT guy setting up a WDS/MDT server and standardizing your system models will save him so much time it isn't funny.

http://www.amazon.com/Deployment-Fundamentals-Vol-Deploying-Windows/dp/9197939080/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367603901&sr=8-1&keywords=deployment+fundamentals

I can't recommend it highly enough. I'm going through it now and its made learning it a breeze. The Kindle version is $9.99 to buy. But if you have an actual Kindle and Amazon Prime, it's available to rent for free from the Kindle Lending Library on a month to month basis. :)

I found his "Deployment Fundamentals - Volume 4" book to be very useful.

Can you afford $10 for one of the best guides on this?

http://www.amazon.com/Deployment-Fundamentals-Vol-Deploying-Windows/dp/9197939080

as /u/CadelFistro said, Johan Arwidmark really knows his stuff.

Windows? read this. http://www.amazon.com/1/dp/9197939080