If you're not familiar with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) yet, now is the time to take a look. MDT can be used as a complete OS deployment solution, and can also be used to add functionality to CM OSD. MDT integration with CM is definitely a "better together" story. Here are a few of the features that you get by integrating MDT with CM:
User-driven Installation (UDI): This is a rich end-user experience to assist with the OS Deployment process. UDI can allow users to walk through a wizard to select optional installations, capture/restore user state, provide user-friendly deployment status information, and more.
Boot Disk configuration: This allows the admin to configure additional features at boot disk creation (such as ADO and HTA).
DaRT Integration: Using DaRT integration with the MDT-created boot disk (for CM) will allow you to remotely connect to a system during OSD, in WinPE.
MDT Monitoring: Integrating CM with MDT allows...