1. 6/20/2018 6:17 AM
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2. What's New in Windows 8 Deployment
6/20/2018 6:17 AM
What's New in Windows 8 Deployment
Michael Niehaus
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Microsoft
DC-B318
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3. Level Setting This is not “What’s new in Windows 8”
Although we will talk about some new features and tools
We will focus on changes in a few areas:
New Windows 8 features that affect deployment
New and modified low-level deployment tools to support Windows 8
Changes to deployment products (MDT, ConfigMgr) related to Windows 8

4. Windows 8 Current observations:
15 minutes goes to 10 when using new Windows PE
Windows Vista takes over 30 minutes for a clean install (no integration components)…
Windows 7
Image size:
1.97GB image (WIM), 7.87GB expanded
Installation time (new):
15 minutes*
Upgrade time (from Vista):
30 minutes
Windows 8
1.96GB image (WIM), 7.76GB expanded
10 minutes
Upgrade time (from Windows 7):
20 minutes

5. Windows 8: BitLocker Enhancements BitLocker Enhancements
Pre-provisioning
Encrypt disk before the operating system is installed
Initiated from Windows PE 4.0
Protectors get added once the OS is running
Encrypt only used space
Automatic network unlock on trusted wired networks
Standard users can reset PINs

6. Windows 8: UEFI is important
New disk layout
GPT instead of MBR
Requires multiple partitions
BCD is not on disk
Requires FAT32 boot partition, media
New version for Windows 8 logo machines
UEFI 2.3.1
Faster POST, faster boot
Will be able to support PXE
No cross-platform deployments
Need to use matching boot image (even for ConfigMgr)
x64 machines won’t support x86 OS via UEFI boot

7. Windows 8: Secure Boot Layer of security on top of UEFI
UEFI verifies the boot loader
Can be configured to only load verified files
Required for Windows 8 hardware certification
Yes, you can still boot other Oses (with x86 and x64)
Turn off in the firmware for OSes that don’t support it
Use newer OS distributions that do

8. Windows 8: Windows Store apps
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Windows 8: Windows Store apps
Provisioning
Installation
Register the application for the user
Always per-user
Does not require administrator rights
Side load or from the Windows Store
Register application on the computer
Install automatically for each user
Side load only
Requires administrator rights
Install via an “Enterprise App Store” using:
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1
Windows Intune
Provision using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 or DISM
Include in sysprepped image
Customize Start screen layout
Enterprise side loading requirements
Windows 8 Enterprise, domain joined or with a separate side load product key
Windows 8 Pro or Windows RT, with a separate side load product key
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9. Windows 8: Windows To Go The next step for USB 3.0 drives:
Install Windows 8 on a removable USB 3.0 drive (SSD, USB key, hard drive)
Insert the drive into any computer and boot, without re-sysprepping
Even move from UEFI to non-UEFI computers
Requires specific hardware
High-performance drives
“Fixed” instead of “removable”
Certified devices are coming soon
Provisioning the USB 3.0 drives is a necessary step:
Wizard-based process to format and partition the drive, apply the image

10. Windows 8: Hyper-V Client Hypervisor
Just like the server version, with specific hardware requirements:
Windows 8 64-bit
4GB RAM or more
Hardware-assisted virtualization
Second-level address translation (SLAT) support
Not required on Windows Server 2012 (except for RemoteFX), just Windows 8
Tools can detect SLAT:
Coreinfo from
MDT 2012 (via WMI) “SupportsSLAT”
WMI on Windows 8 and Windows PE 4.0, Win32_Processor property SecondLevelAddressTranslationExtensions

11. Windows 8: Refresh and Reset Your PC
Successor to Windows RE
New recovery options:
“Reset your PC” = Remove all personal data, apps, and settings from the PC, and reinstall Windows.
Reinstalling the OS from an image, not preserving anything
“Refresh your PC” = Keep all personal data, Windows 8 apps, and important settings from the PC, and reinstall Windows.
Traditional (non-Metro) apps will need to be reinstalled
Common denominator:
You need an image to restore (locally)
Not intended for enterprise use

12. Windows 8: Slates and tablets
New deployment challenges:
No keyboard
Touch screen-only
Often no wired networking
Expected usage:
Attach a USB keyboard
Use an Ethernet dongle or USB storage

13. Windows 8: Assessment and Deployment Kit
ADK is the new Windows AIK
All core Windows 8 deployment tools are now part of the “Assessment and Deployment Kit” (ADK)
Everyone will be able to download the ADK from the Download Center
No ARM tools will be available, therefore MDT will not support ARM
Cannot (should not) coexist with Windows AIK
Can only be installed on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and later OSes

14. Windows 8: Windows AIK vs. ADK
Windows PE 3.x
USMT 4.0
Windows System Image Manager
DISM
ImageX
ADK
Windows PE 4.0
USMT 5.0
ImageX*
Application Compatibility Toolkit 6.0
Volume Activation Management Tool
Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows Assessment Toolkit
* ImageX is “deprecated,” replaced by DISM

15. Windows 8: Windows PE 4.0 New “feature packs”:
.NET Framework 4
PowerShell 3.0
PowerShell cmdlets for storage, iSCSI, DISM
BitLocker pre-provisioning enablement
Compatibility issues with Windows 7 SETUP.EXE

16. Windows 8: USMT 5.0
Adds support for Windows 8, while still supporting Windows XP as a source
You might need multiple versions:
New store verification and recovery tool
/UE and /UEL now work together
For more detailed information, see:
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
USMT 3
USMT 4
USMT 4, 5
USMT 5
Not supported

17. Windows 8: DISM New imaging features Support for VHD and WIM files
Taking over from ImageX, which is deprecated
Support for VHD and WIM files
PowerShell cmdlets for some operations
Windows 8 application provisioning and installation

18. Windows 8: Windows Performance Toolkit
Captures and analyzes information to help troubleshoot Windows performance issues
Slow boot
GPO processing delays
Application performance issues
Two main tools:
Windows Performance Recorder, to capture information
Replaces XPERF.EXE and XBOOTMGR.EXE
Windows Performance Analyzer, to view and analyze captured data
Replaces XPERFVIEW.EXE

19. Windows 8: Assessment Tools
Purpose:
Gather metrics to determine if a system is running optimally
Use in lab environments to validate image, drivers, applications, configuration, etc.
Expected scenario:
Create your “master” image
Deploy to each supported computer model
Automatically run assessments and gather results
Analyze results

20. Windows 8: Disk partitioning
DISKPART is “deprecated”
Still supported, but going away
New PowerShell functionality
Present in Windows PE as well
You can continue to use DISKPART – for now

21. Windows 8: Roles and Features
Supported mechanisms:
DISM /Enable-Feature
ServerManager PowerShell module
Older tools were “deprecated” with Windows Server 2008 R2:
ServerManagerCmd.exe
OCSetup.exe
MDT 2012 Update 1 moves to supported mechanisms
As appropriate for the OS
With UI improvements to show appropriate roles based on a selected OS
Adds support for uninstalling too

22. MDT 2012 Update 1
Fully supports Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 deployment
For more information and to download:
New Windows 8 functionality:
Windows ADK support
Provisioning of Windows 8 applications
BitLocker Pre-Provisioning
Installation of roles and features
Improved UEFI support

23. Configuration Manager 2012 SP1
Fully supports Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 deployment
New Windows 8 functionality:
Windows ADK support
Installation of Windows 8 applications
BitLocker Pre-Provisioning
New UEFI support

24. Windows 8: Call to Action
Get Windows 8 and ADK now!
Start using MDT 2012 Update 1
Prepare for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1
Participate in the MDT community
MDTOSD mailing list through
TechNet Forums at
Facebook fan page at

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