Deploying Windows 10: Automating deployment by using System Center Configuration Manager

Get a head start deploying Windows 10--with tips and best practices from experts in the field. This guide shows you how to deploy Windows 10 in an automated way without impacting end users by leveraging System Center Configuration Manager, which is the most used product to deploy Microsoft operating systems in the industry today.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
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Chapter 1: Why implement Windows 10?
The Welcome experience
What’s new in the user interface
Customizing the Start menu
Introducing Action Center
Switching between Desktop mode and Tablet mode
Using virtual desktops
Creating a new virtual desktop
Switching between virtual desktops
Using Snap
Cortana
Accessing Cortana settings
Cortana voice commands
Windows startup enhancements
Push Button Reset improvements
Microsoft Edge
Fixing specific sites
About security
Microsoft Passport
Windows Hello
Isolated User Mode
The Windows 10 upgrade process
Chapter 2: Windows 10 deployment options
In-place upgrade
Predeployments steps
Step 1: Choosing the correct media
Step 2: Assessing readiness
Step 3: Gathering driver packages
A cue for testing applications
Manual in-place upgrade
Phase 1: Down Level (Old OS)
Phase 2: Start into WinRE (copying files)
Phase 3: First reboot in Windows 10 (installing features and drivers)
Phase 4: Second reboot in Windows 10 (configuring settings)
Recoverability
Traditional deployments
Bare-metal installation
Wipe-and-load (refresh)
Replace
Windows To Go
Windows Update approach
Get Windows 10 App
OS upgrade via Windows Server Update Services
Prerequisites
Configuring WSUS to support in-place upgrades
Configuring policies to use WSUS
Moving the focus to Configuration Manager
Chapter 3: Configuration Manager Operating System Deployment concepts
The purpose of OSD
OSD terminology
Infrastructure requirements
WinPE
Task sequences
Task sequence variables
Drivers and driver packages
Image deployment
Scheduling deployments
Unknown computers
UEFI versus BIOS
Reporting
Advanced concepts
Logging
Prestart commands
User Device Affinity
Online resources
Chapter 4: Using System Center Configuration Manager to deploy Windows 10
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit integration with Operating System Deployment
Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit
Obtaining and importing the Windows 10 image
Customizing the Windows 10 image
In-box applications
Group Policies
Deploying and supporting Windows 10
Managing disk configurations
Upgrade scenarios
Optimizing the Windows 10 image deployment
Monitoring the Windows 10 image deployment
After the Windows 10 image deployment
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