7/31/2019 9:47 AM HW-148P Scaling and extending Windows assessments to improve system quality: Part 1 Patrick Azzarello Senior Program Manager Windows Ecosystem Fundamentals Microsoft Corporation © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Agenda Assessment project goals and history Tools and components A walkthrough of how the process works and how it scales

Assessment Project Goals and History

Partners and customers want to assess and improve Windows system quality, and want Microsoft’s help to do so

Assessing and Improving System Quality Previous assessment efforts were successful, but: Distribution was very limited Required additional training Hard to support and service Internal tests have their own challenges Quantity: A huge number of tests exist internally Expertise: Tests are intended for team testing, not external testing Scope: Usually VERY specific Dependencies: Internal dependencies must be broken or resolved in the “right” way

Project Goals: System Quality Assessments should: Focus on assessing the end-users experience, not just the underlying technologies Assess system quality in a quantifiable way Allow for system comparisons Identify issues and provide remediation steps wherever possible Provide the ability to dig deeper using tools like Windows Performance Analyzer Make collaboration easier Be widely available

Windows Assessment Toolkit

Components

What You Get in the Windows ADK 7/31/2019 9:47 AM What You Get in the Windows ADK Assessments Scenario-based tests of system quality, delivering metrics, identifying issues, and providing remediation steps wherever possible WAC Windows Assessment Console Used to access, configure, create, save, package jobs to run on different machines. Good for running assessments on one to a few machines. Used to view results from assessment run Assessment and Deployment Kit ADK WAS Windows Assessment Services Used for larger environments with the potential of running assessments on hundreds of computer WPA Windows Performance Analyzer Remediation tool used for analysis of performance traces ©2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.

The Assessment Process

Running an Assessment within the Windows Assessment Console 7/31/2019 9:47 AM demo Running an Assessment within the Windows Assessment Console Patrick Azzarello Senior Program Manager Windows Ecosystem Fundamentals © 2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

Assessment Infrastructure: Architecture ASMT Resources Asmt Resources ASMT MFest Assessments Object Model ASMT MFest Job MFest WAC Configuration Package Run View

Packaging an Assessment Job Package Job MFest Modify Paths Job Mfest+ Asmt A Asmt A Asmt B Asmt B AL.EXE AL.EXE Asmt C Asmt D AXE.EXE AXE.EXE Asmt D Arch Script Arch Script Job Mfest+ start “Package\%PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%\AL.exe" “MyJob.xml" start “Package\X86\AL.exe" “MyJob.xml"

Assessment Infrastructure: Architecture ASMT Resources Asmt Resources ASMT MFest Assessments Object Model ASMT MFest Job MFest WAC Configuration ASMT Resources Job Package Job MFest Arch Script Tools Package Job Package Results File Run Arch Script View

Assessment Infrastructure: Architecture ASMT Resources Asmt Resources ASMT MFest Assessments Object Model ASMT MFest Job MFest WAC Configuration ASMT Resources Job Package Job MFest Arch Script Tools Package Job Package Results File Arch Script Run Object Model View in WAC Results File View Import to Database

Wrap Up Assessment project goals and history Tools and components A walkthrough of how the process works and how it scales Recommended: Watch Part 2 of this video presentation for more information on how to extend or customize this technology to integrate it into your own environment.

For more information RELATED SESSIONS DOCUMENTATION & ARTICLES CONTACT HW-148P Scaling and extending Windows assessments to improve system quality Part 2 HW-147T Building high quality Windows PCs using the assessment and deployment kit HW-915P Introduction to assessments HW-59T Improving performance with the Windows Performance Toolkit HW-61H Experiencing the assessment tools in Windows 8 CONTACT

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7/31/2019 9:47 AM © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.