Published: June 16, 2016
Languages: English, Japanese
Audiences: IT professionals
Technology: Windows 10, Microsoft Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK)
Credit toward certification: MCP

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Prepare deployments
Prepare the environment
Prepare Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK), prepare USB, design an answer file, create a default user profile, preserve preinstalled OEM drivers
Identify a business strategy for deploying operating system images
Identify a build-to-order or build-to-plan approach, select a deployment method, implement end-user upgrade paths
Determine hardware configurations
Determine Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) requirements, configure network and storage drivers, configure a boot device
Build a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE or WinPE)
Troubleshoot a problematic installation in WinPE, customize a WinPE installation, create a 32-bit or 64-bit WinPE environment, manage Windows PE packages

Create, capture, and deploy images
Create a reference installation
Set up and capture a reference PC, preinstall Microsoft and third-party desktop applications, set up a Push-Button Restore, evaluate deployment logs, prepare and test Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE)
Determine redistribution licensing requirements
Determine redistribution rights and technical requirements, select licensed recovery types, determine OEM preinstallation requirements

Manage deployments
Manage images
Upgrade a Windows edition, perform online or offline servicing, activate a grace period timer, manage nested images within Windows Imaging File Format (WIMS), add and remove packages, add and remove drivers, set the multilingual deployment of an operating system, manage application updates
Apply a reference installation
Perform drive partitioning, deploy reference and recovery images, set up Push-Button Recovery with REAgentC and BCD commands
Validate an image
Validate an image in audit mode, validate Push-Button Reset, sysprep images to OOBE, identify causes of driver failure, finalize installation, validate licensing requirements and components

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