3. General notes
Windows 7 Windows 8
• Image size: • Image size:
• 1.97GB image (WIM), • 1.96GB image (WIM),
7.87GB expanded 7.76GB expanded
• Installation time (new): • Installation time (new):
• 15 minutes* • 10 minutes
• Upgrade time (from Vista): • Upgrade time (from
• 30 minutes Windows 7):
• 20 minutes

4. BitLocker Enhancements

5. UEFI

6. Secure Boot

7. Windows 8 applications
New mechanism for building and Enterprises can “side load” using
packaging Windows 8 self-contained DISM
applications
Applications are installed per-user
Customizing the start screen requires
extra steps

8. Boot from USB 3

9. Windows To Go
Requires specific hardware

10. Hyper-V Client Hypervisor
Second-level address translation (SLAT) support
http://www.sysinternals.com

11. Refresh and Reset Your PC
“Reset your PC” = Remove all
“Refresh your PC” = Keep all personal data,
Windows 8 apps

12. Storage Spaces, ReFS, De-duplication

13. Slates and tablets
No keyboard

15. ADK is the new Windows AIK
“Assessment and Deployment Kit” (ADK)

16. Windows AIK vs. ADK
Windows AIK ADK
• Windows PE 3.x • Windows PE 4.0
• USMT 4.0 • USMT 5.0
• Windows System Image Manager • Windows System Image Manager
• DISM • DISM
• ImageX • ImageX*
• Application Compatibility Toolkit 6.0
• Volume Activation Management Tool
• Windows Performance Toolkit
• Windows Assessment Toolkit

17. Windows PE 4.0
.NET Framework 4
PowerShell 3.0

18. USMT 5.0
Support for Windows 8
Continued support for Windows XP as a source
Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8
Windows XP USMT 3 USMT 4 USMT 4, 5 USMT 5
Windows Vista Not supported USMT 4 USMT 4, 5 USMT 5
Windows 7 Not supported Not supported USMT 4, 5 USMT 5
Windows 8 Not supported Not supported Not supported USMT 5
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2012/04/13/new-usmt-5-0-features-
for-windows-8-consumer-preview.aspx

19. DISM

20. Windows Performance Toolkit

21. Assessment Tools

22. Disk partitioning

23. Roles and Features

24. Other items of note
HideShell=YES

26. http://www.microsoft.com/mdt

28. Call to Action
http://www.microsoft.com/mdt
http://www.myitforum.com
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/mdt/
http://www.facebook.com/MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit