windows 8 deployment

Windows 8 Deployment

deployment tools

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Deployment

Challenges

configuration settings

content manageme

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compliance standards

configuration standards

preserve user

settings and files

configuration drift

Meeting Challenges

• Automation

• Wizard-guided user interface

• Centralized management

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK)

Deployment Products and Tools

Internet Explorer Administrator Kit (IEAK)

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Work On Your Own Device

Windows ADK Overview

Windows ADK Components• Deployment and Imaging• Windows Preinstallation Environment • User State Migration Tool• Volume Activation Management Tool• Windows Performance Toolkit• Windows Assessment Toolkit• Windows Assessment Services

Required by MDT

Required by System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Assessment and Deployment Tools

Deployment And Imaging

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Key Tools:• DISM• Sysprep• Window

s SIM

Customize and deploy Windows Images

Can be standalone

Recommend using with MDT and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Required by MDT and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Windows Preinstallation Environment

Used by MDT and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Based on Windows 8

Assist in deployment

Minimal operating system

User State Migration Tool

• Migrate user profiles and files

• Required by MDT and System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

• Command line tools• ScanState.exe• LoadState.exe• UsmtUtils.exe

Manage volume activation

Volume Activation Management Tool

Enterprise environments

Windows Key Management Service (KMS)

Windows, Office, other products

Multiple Activation Keys (MAKs)

Automate and centrally manage

Windows Performance Toolkit

Performance monitoring tools

Profiles Windows and applications

Windows Performance Recorder (WPR)

Windows Performance Analyzer (WPA)

Windows Assessment Toolkit

• Assess existing Windows operating system

• Assess performance, reliability, and functionality

• Recommend improvements

Windows Assessment Services

• Test framework for running assessments

• Used in lab environments

• Measure performance, reliability, and functionality

Work On Your Own Device

Internet Explorer Administration Kit

Deploy and ManageCustom Installations

Configure InternetExplorer Settings

Brand InternetExplorer

Brand Internet Explorer

Branding: Customized Graphics, Favorite Icons, Autorun Splash Screen

System Integrators and OEMs

Configure Internet Explorer Settings

Managed devicesGroup Policy settings

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Myriad of settings

Wizard-drivenManagement

Deploying Windows 8 Using the MDTAutomates Deployment

With or withoutSystem Center 2012Configuration Manager

Partially or Fully Automated

Wizard-drivenDeployment

Overview of MDT Deployment

Industry best practices

Configuration settings

Reference computer

Target computer

Selecting the Right Deployment Method

LTI UDI• Partially and fully automated

deployments• With System Center 2012

Configuration Manager• Just-in-time configuration

settings

ZTI• Fully automated deployments• With System Center 2012

Configuration Manager• Configuration settings in

advance

• Partially and fully automated deployments

• Without System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

• Just-in-time configuration setting

ZTI and UDI use common processes

Summary

Reduce effort

Reduce Risk

Challenging

Reduce complexity Any size organization

What’s Next

Evaluate Windows 8

Evaluate MDT

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