1. Windows 10 Imaging and Deployment
Discuss the process to prepare for and deploy Windows 10

2. Overview General Information Requirements Image Build Local Account
Core App List
Updates on the Image
UAC Settings
Start Menu
NEW Start Menu
Final Clean Up
Deleting Other Apps
Prep the Image
Capture the Image
MDT for Imaging

3. Windows 10 General Information
Recommend using Windows 10 “Education Version” (EES)
Same as enterprise edition, but with a K12 twist
Current build / release
If on 1511, please start to use 1607
Microsoft pushing – assume due to technical issues
Other vendors pushing the same
Will discuss “feature updates vs quality updates” on second presentation

4. First Things First Build the Core Image
Build image using a VM (HyperV or ESX)
Quick image build
Allows you to take CheckPoint or SnapShot to recover, if sysprep fails

5. Local Account
Create the initial default local user and ONLY logon as that user (ITAdmin)
Join the domain, but always logon locally with the ITAdmin account

6. Core Apps List Typical
Install your core apps using the initial account
Either manually install the apps or
Try a program call PDQ Deploy
Java 8.x
Java 8.x (64-bit)
Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft Silverlight
Mozilla FireFox
NotePad ++
PhotoStory 3
QuickTime
UltraVNC
VLC Player
Windows Essentials – Movie Maker
Adobe Reader
Adobe Air
Adobe Flash - FireFox
Adobe Shockwave
Audacity with LAME
ClassicShell
GIMP
Google Chrome
Google Earth
ITunes

7. Updates on Image Make sure to run all windows updates – takes forever…
Change settings – Advanced – Give updates for other MS products
Defer feature updates – please…

8. UAC Settings Change the UAC on the image
Will discuss in more detail in next session
Up 1 from bottom for App Store support
** Also turn off the firewall

9. Start Menu – Looks Like 7 ClassicShell – www.classicshell.net
Customize using REGEDIT
HKLM\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu
add a string - MenuStyle_Default - set to one of these - Classic1,
Classic2 or Win7
"EnableExit"=dword:
"EnableExplorer"=dword:
"EnableSettings"=dword:
Windows 10 Changes for Image
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization
add - DWORD NoLockScreen and set its value to 1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
add - EnableFirstLogonAnimation DWORD - 0 to disable it.

10. New Start Menu (Tiles) Customize the Start Menu Tiles
Remove most of the default tiles
Add tiles you want to use as a default “template”
Once completed – need to export
Open Powershell console as Admin
export-startlayout -path c:\download\startw10.xml
 import-startlayout –layoutpath c:\download\startw10.xml -mountpath c:\

11. Final Clean-Up Remove App Store Apps before sysprep
Will cause sysprep to fail if not removed
Only need to remove for local (ITAdmin) account
Launch PowerShell as current user
Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackge
I normally run this 3 times

12. Deleting All Apps
If you wish to remove some or all App Store apps, then use this link as a reference
I use 4sysops.com and other specific sites for good Windows information

13. Prep the Image Take a SnapShot (ESX) or CheckPoint (HyperV)
Remove the App Store apps from the current user (only)
Launch PowerShell as the current user (Not Run as Admin)
Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
Sysprep
C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep folder
Run Sysprep
Will shutdown once finished

14. Capture the Image PXE boot using the regular boot wim
At the first stop, press F8 (command prompt)
Go to the D: drive (actually the C: drive)
Delete the MININT folder
Del d:\minint /s /f /q
Rd d:\minint /s /q
Go to the Z: drive
Change to Z:\tools\x86
Run Imagex…
Imagex /capture d:\ z:\captures\W1064Core wim “W1064Coremmddyy”

15. Now Ready to Image Why Do I Use MDT 2013
Free – No cost solution for automating your imaging process ( 3 day setup including image build)
Works very well to deploy Win 7, Win 8.1 and Win 10
Management Console only needed on one server (Work Bench)
Does not require any other software to setup district wide – Just a DeploymentShare$ on remote servers – Free script to sync shares (MDTCopy)
Easier to manage and implement than many other solutions
Customizable to district’s desire – centrally manage, but distributed imaging
Non-technical users can image and re-image computers (Delegate)

16. MDT 2013 Some Key Features Operating System Deployment
Windows 7, 8.x and 10
Driver Injection – Granular based on “model”
Model specific (Driver Group) and Unlimited drivers supported
Application Installations – Post Image
Directly associated to imaging process and / or Pick List
UEFI Support (Win 2012 server for PXE support)
Tablet support – No NIC / Dongle issues due to duplicate MACs
Pre-Image automation – computer naming and even password protect imaging process(Scripted options) – UserExit script
Active Directory OU Placement – choose OU prior to imaging from drop-down list

17. MDT 2013 Requirements Windows Server 2012 R2 (Support UEFI PXE)
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10 (1607) Update Installed (management server)
MDT 2013 Update 2 software (management server)
Power Shell
Disk space for drivers and images – assume 150G free disk space
Windows Deployment Services – WDS – PXE booting
Disk space on remote servers for distributed imaging (Deploymentshare$)
Use Education version of Win10 ISOs

18. Deploy the Image

19. MDT 2013 Update 2 - Workbench Overview – Gaston County Schools
Applications
Operating System
Out-of-Box-Drivers
Task Sequences

20. Import Drivers Create a folder structure for OS Type
Win7, Win81, Win10
Create Sub-Folders for 32 and 64 Bit
Create Folders for each model
Model “must” be the actual model
Based on WMI query
MDT provides a %Model% variable
Set DriverGroup – based on model

21. Task Sequence Setup Create Task Sequence Disable – State capture
State restore
BitLocker
Set DriveGroup
Create variable
Win10\64\%model%
Inject Drive set to “Nothing”
Additional Task Sequence Items
Apps
SCCM
Wireless
Etc

22. MDT 2013 CustomSettings.INI Controls Deployment Processes
Rules – Default Task
Rules – Per School

23. MDT 2013 BootStrap.INI 1 - Workbench Properties 2 - BootStrap.ini
3 - Build Boot.wim files in
Boot folder
2 - BootStrap.ini
4 - WDS – PXE Boot

24. UserExist Script Runs prior to the Task Sequences

25. MDT Copy Easily replicate the DeploymentShare folder to remote servers
Run on demand or scheduled event
Given to schools

26. Live Demo “If Time” Show Workbench Review Folder Structure Import OS
Import Drivers
Show Task Sequence
Boot a client
Emphasis steps of TS
District UserExit script and computer naming
Show OU location list
Show Pick List for Applications

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