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3. 03 | Windows 8.1 Deployment Ed Bott | Distinguished Author and Blogger Michael Niehaus | Senior Technical Product Manager

4. Windows 8.1 Deployment Michael Niehaus Senior Product Marketing Manager

5. Agenda

6. Windows 8.1 Compatibility

7. One update engine, two user experiences

8. new One update engine, two user experiences UPDATE ENGINE CONSUMER 8.1 UPDATE Windows Pro.ESD STORE UX CLIENT UX Windows.WIM CONFIG MGR /AUTO ENTERPRISE 8.1 UPDATE improvements

9. Demo: Update using ConfigMgr

10. New deployment tools

11. Demo: Refresh using MDT 2013

12. Support for Windows 8.1 ReleaseSupports Windows 8.1? MDT 2012 Update 1 and priorNo. Note: Still supported for Windows XP and Windows Vista deployment, older ConfigMgr releases. MDT 2013Yes. Note: Only supports deployment of Windows 7 or above. ConfigMgr 2007Management only, no OSD. Requires http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2861663. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2861663 Note: Mainstream support ends 7/8/2014. ConfigMgr 2012 SP1Requires at least CU3, using ADK 8.1 tools. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/10/21/how-to- enable-windows-8.1-deployment-in-sc-2012-configmgr-sp1-cu3.aspx for details. http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2013/10/21/how-to- enable-windows-8.1-deployment-in-sc-2012-configmgr-sp1-cu3.aspx Note: Can be used with MDT 2012 Update 1, but not MDT 2013. ConfigMgr 2012 R2Yes. Note: Can be used with MDT 2013, but not MDT 2012 Update 1.

13. Application updates

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