MDT and the deprecation of wmic in Windows 11 24H2

[DavR]

Has anyone got any thoughts on what the removal of WMIC from Windows 11 24H2 onwards is going to mean for MDT? I always thought it would be deprecation of VB script that would kill it off, but wmic might get there first...

 

From what I understand (or have read from murky Internet sources), MDT uses WMIC during the task sequence to get make and model, which is necessary for those of us who use the Total Control method of installing drivers. If, then, wmic is removed, this action may fail. AFAIK, this step is done in WinPE, so as long as your boot images still have WMIC enabled, you should be OK.

 

I'm not sure where it leaves steps that are dependent on a WMI query, though. For instance, I have several software install steps that only run if certain hardware is present, and that's achieved by a WMI query under the options on that step. I don't know how that's evaluated though, whether it's a WMIC command, or it uses some other method.

 

Thoughts?

 

(Yes I know MDT is itself deprecated and unsupported, but its still very powerful and widely used. I have succession plans in place for when the day DOES come, I'd just rather it wasn't today....)