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Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

You're reading from   Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Take a deep dive into the world of Windows desktop deployment using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
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ISBN-13 9781782172499
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Imaging Concepts and Theory FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Your Environment 3. Creating Reference Images 4. Default User Profile Customization 5. CustomSettings.ini and Task Sequence 6. Drivers 7. Image Deployment 8. USMT – The User State Migration Tool 9. Troubleshooting Deployment Logs 10. Validating the Image 11. Database, UserExit Scripts, and Web Services A. Additional Enterprise Configuration Items

Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer

The new Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (WICD) is part of the Windows 10 ADK. It will be updated/enhanced with next releases of ADK.

WICD is described on MSDN as a tool that can do the following tasks:

  • View all of the configurable settings and policies for a Windows 10 image or provisioning package
  • Create Windows provisioning answer files
  • Add third-party drivers, apps, or other assets to an answer file
  • Create variants and specify the settings that apply to each variant
  • Build and flash a Windows image
  • Build a provisioning package

The source of this information is https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn916113(v=vs.85).aspx.

Not only does it have the possibility to create configuration packages, but it is also able to switch the SKU of your Windows 10 installation. This was previously not possible. You still cannot move to Long-Term Servicing Branch (LTSB) via this mechanism, as this is a completely different build...

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