Overview

We have a 300-user environment. Each time a member of staff leaves we use MDT fully wipe their machine and reinstall Windows 10/11. This means that while a new member of staff gets the previous staffer's computer, the machine was fully wiped with a fresh Windows 10/11 install.

We would like to improve this process by introducing additional steps in the MDT task sequence that would backup the computer to a network location BEFORE wiping and re-installing Windows. The idea being, if we later find that the previous staffer had an important file on their PC, we could restore/mount the backup and retrieve that file.

Question(s)

1. Is MDT even a good candidate for this?
2. I wanted to know if anyone has had any real world experience with doing this via MDT?
3. Would anyone be able to give advice on the best way/option to use to backup the PC? And, or mount and restore file(s)?

Environment

1. 300 PCs/users
2. 99.9% of machines are Windows 10
3. Storage really isn't an issue for us. We have tons of it, and budget to buy more.