How Microsoft IT Deployed Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 About Microsoft and Microsoft IT Windows OS Image Creation and Distribution Windows 8 Install Experience (Demonstration) System Center Configuration Manager: Deploy and Update Update to Windows 8.1 (CLICK, CLICK, DONE) Lessons Learned

About Microsoft and Microsoft IT

Low bandwidth Small Office Corp Net Connected via tunnel Products file share only Mix of Wired and Wireless Native Connection When Mobile – DA and VPN Good bandwidth Internet - Remote Office Products file share only Mix of Wired and Wireless Native Connection Always Mobile - DA and VPN Metered Networks -possible poor bandwidth Internet - Remote Office Products file share only Mix of Wired and Wireless Native Connection Always Mobile - VPN to control network usage Good bandwidth Corp Net Connected WDS, OSD, and Products file share Mix of Wired (WDS & OSD) and Wireless (Products file share) Native Connection When Mobile - DA preferred solution 6

Windows OS Image Creation and Distribution

Microsoft IT Windows 7 install experiences f12 Software Compatibility User-driven by reviewing software compatibility on website Data Migration Primary solution: in-place data migration Users needing to migrate using USB or server shares is a self-driven solution using Windows Easy Transfer in Windows Backup or manually coping files Hardware Compatibility User-driven by reviewing hardware compatibility on website Network Install User-driven by reviewing options on website Use f12 for WDS (and later OSD) Copy image from server share and install locally Remote users must make a remote connection into corporate office, copy down image, and install locally Remote Domain Join & Provisioning User-driven, multistep process requiring VPN connection, join the domain, and reboots

Microsoft IT Windows 8 deployment goals  Lay groundwork for successful Windows adoption and Enterprise roll-out  Address key deployment pain points  Demonstrate best practices for an enterprise Windows OS deployment User Experience Line of Business Applications (compatibility) Data-Safe Deployment User Readiness

Image Delivery 10 WDS USB OSD Factory Image IT Easy Installer Azure Microsoft IT Image IT Branding MDT LTI/UDI Optional Applications Settings Drivers Payload Maintenance Scripts In Place Data Migration Base.wim UnAttend.xml QFEs / Patches Boot Drivers Modern Apps Office IT Service Apps BitLocker Pre- provisioning

Application executables, scripts pointing to network location or web Control files (XMLs) define the Image Applications, Packages, Drivers, Task Sequence & Operating Systems Scripts perform individual tasks. For Example, updating unattend.xml or configuring BitLocker Encryption Task Sequence Engine, which is responsible to perform tasks in a pre-defined order.

20 Replication Servers 211 Branch Office Endpoint Servers Hub Servers 1 Master Server 25 Servers in Regional Data Centers Replication backbone infrastructure 200+ Sites with various network connections

Demo Microsoft Windows 8 Installation Experience using Microsoft IT Easy Installer Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Light Touch Install User State Migration Tool for User Data Migration Task Sequence to install Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 Click-To-Run Task Sequence for BitLocker Drive Encryption NOTE: IT Easy Installer available through Microsoft Consulting Services engagement

System Center Configuration Manager: Deploy and Update

15 Redmond Site 1 75k Clients Redmond Site 2 90k Clients North & South America 50k Clients Europe, MidEast, Africa 50k Clients Australia & Asia 75k Clients Device Mgmt. Site MS Online Directory Services (MSODS) Active Directory Federation Server 2.0 MS Online Directory Sync (DirSync) AD User Discovery Intune Subscription Connector Site role Infrastructure 6 Primary Sites 13 Secondary Sites 250 Distribution Points PCs & Devices ~340,000 clients ~125k mobile devices (EAS) Users ~98k FTEs ~82k Vendors ConfigMgr 2012 R2 Patching Services WSUS – Production WU/MU – Labs

16 Windows 8.1 OS Update and OS Deployment Supported By: System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (with CU3) Pull Installations Microsoft IT chose to use a self-service method for Update, where users initiate the upgrade from a distribution point at their convenience. Push Installations Because Configuration Manager supports “push” installations, the Windows 8.1 Update can be applied to systems in the environment as a scheduled activity.

Update to Windows 8.1 (CLICK, CLICK, DONE)

18 Applications installs at Microsoft A history of enabling self-service user experiences Early days File share for Microsoft apps: \\products LOB apps & 3 rd party apps distributed through multiple channel Over time, improved user search to find applications Simple web UI ( put on top of \\products shares Content replicated globally with DFS to ease installation times LOB apps – most moved to web apps, so ‘distribution’ not needed Today: Systems Center Configuration Manager - Applications Catalog Self-service integrated with ConfigMgr: Application Catalog Unified Device Management integration with Company Portal (WinPhone/RT)

19 Deploying OS Update Application Package SCCM: Launch Windows Setup.exe + Parameters: /auto:upgrade - Setup will run without user intervention /noautoexit - If an error is encountered during setup, don’t exit. Instead wait at appropriate wizard screen for user input. /performdu - Automatically download any applicable dynamic updates. Note: The /auto:upgrade switch causes Setup to skip OOBE. As a result the auto update setting for the Store is turned off. Re-enable via registry key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsStore\WindowsUpdate [AutoDownload] Value = 1

Windows 8.1 Package SCCM OS Update: User Experience User initiates the installation Policy request sent to the management point Package downloaded from distribution point Windows Setup.exe is started Management Point Distribution Point System Center Configuration Manager Primary Site

21 User Experiences with Enterprise OS Update

Lessons Learned

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About Microsoft IT – TechNet – IT Showcase: Microsoft IT Showcase Webcasts Delivering and Deploying Windows 8 Using Windows 8 Technologies to Safely and Easily Migrate User Data An Internal Community Support Forum to Foster Early Adoption LOB Application Compatibility Testing Whitepaper d/LOBApplicationCompatibilityTesting_TWP.doc

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