This document discusses Windows 10 deployment using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). It covers two primary deployment scenarios for Windows 10: in-place upgrades and wipe-and-load. In-place upgrades allow upgrading existing devices to Windows 10 without removing user data or applications. However, it has limitations including an inability to upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. Wipe-and-load deployments remove all data and applications and perform a clean installation of Windows 10, allowing more control and flexibility but requiring reinstallation of applications and migration of user data. The document also discusses drivers, applications and packages in MDT as well as Windows Store apps versus desktop apps
20. Windows Automated Installation Kit
•Windows Automated Installation Kit
(Windows AIK or WAIK) is a collection of
tools and technologies produced by
Microsoft designed to help deploy
Microsoft Windows operating system
images to target computers or to a VHD
(Virtual Hard Disk).
•The WAIK is a required component of the
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
21. ADK and WAIK history
•WAIK = Windows Automated Installation Kit
•WAIK 1.0 – Windows Vista
•WAIK 1.1 – Windows Vista SP1
•WAIK 2.0 – Windows 7
•WAIK 3.0 – Windows 7 SP1
•ADK for Windows 8
•ADK for Windows 8.1
•ADK for Windows 10
24. Windows 7, 8(.1) to Windows 10
•Deployment Scenario’s:
-Wipe and load
-Inplace upgrade
25. MDT 2013 Update 1
•Windows 10 is adding in a new deployment scenario,
the inplace upgrade scenario, which at this point in
time has been tested by millions of Windows Insiders
around the globe.
26. MDT 2013 Update 1
• Windows 10 is adding in a new deployment scenario, the inplace upgrade scenario, which at
this point in time has been tested by millions of Windows Insiders around the globe.
27. Wipe and Load or Upgrade
http://www.setupcommander.com
30. Inplace upgrade
•For a start, the inplace upgrade is quite
interesting in the way it technically
doesn’t require any new infrastructure, no
new ADK, no new boot images etc.
31. Inplace upgrade
•It’s simply running setup.exe with some command
line switches, and you can upgrade from Windows 7,
Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.
•This scenario also makes sure all apps and data are
still there when the machine is upgraded
33. Inplace upgrade
•You can’t use an reference image that already
have applications in it, you have to use the
Microsoft media.
•There are restrictions for 3rd party antivirus
and disk encryptions, that typically have to
be uninstalled
•No upgrade from x86 to x64 (and vice versa)
34. Inplace upgrade
•Reference images
-If you are using the traditional scenarios, you can
create reference images with MDT 2013 Update 1,
but they can’t be used for the inplace upgrade
scenarios (bare metal, computer refresh, and
computer replace).
-You also cannot deploy your Windows 7 SP1
reference image, upgrade it to Windows 10, and
then run sysprep. Sysprep is not supported on an
upgraded machine.
35. Inplace upgrade
•No upgrade from from MBR to UEFI
-some of the security features in Windows 10 do
require UEFI
•No upgrade for:
-Windows to Go
-Boot from VHD,
-dual-boot / multi-boot systems.
36. Wipe and Load or Upgrade
http://www.setupcommander.com
77. The Death of the Windows Desktop
• “Every time I mention the possibility that Microsoft might kill off the Windows desktop, I
get pushback from IT admins, power users, developers, and anyone else who currently
relies on complex desktop applications and can't imagine such a future. Folks, it's time to
face reality. It isn't a question of whether this will ever happen. It's just a question of
when”.
79. There's one glaring flaw in Microsoft's Windows
10 strategy
• Building real stuff for real PC users
-Microsoft limits the API platform to build
Universal Windows Apps, Wardell says, such
that every app runs in what programmers call
a "sandbox," meaning that it can't "touch"
other apps.
87. Remove-AppXPackage
• Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
• Just uninstalling an app for all users does not prevent the app from being installed for new
user accounts on the system
93. Deployment Image Servicing and
Management Tool (DISM.exe)
•DISM enumerates, uninstalls, configures and
updates features and packages in Windows
images
•The Commands that are available depend on
the image being serviced and whether the
image is offline or running (online)
116. LayoutModification.xml
•Pro:
-No need of an Active directory
-No need to maintain a reference image VM
-Solution of choice for OS Deployment
-Start menu can be captured from every where
-Changing the start menu every five minutes is now fast and
painless