Yes, you are right!
I can confirm that it is still functional.
Install clean Windows 11 + drivers + all the updates -> configure windows as you like it -> sysprep -> shutdown -> Image -> Deploy.
Although, I have searched the answer for the main question, to sysprep or not, for years!
What I mean, is that if you sysprep, some of the Windows settings and configuration will be wiped out during the sysprep, so you cannot configure image 100% ready and need some manual steps after the cloned pc (deployed) boots up.
Of course those manual configurations can be automated (by a script or some other way), but still, it would be nice that image can be setup without sysprepping if it is not needed anymore in Win10/11.
I have tested hundreds of PC-s in domain environment without sysprepping - they work flawlessly, no issues with Domain, WSUS or other things, but I am little bit worried, that if some issues arise, e.g some weird errors then I must reinstall all the deployed pc-s with sysprepped images…
Can somebody confirm?
Yes, I understand, that without sysprep, all the PC-s deployed from the same image will be using same SID, but is it bad somehow?
Can someone confirm that for Intune it is also OK?
Domain doesn’t care, WSUS either, but what else might break?