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Windows 10 – Tools, tools, toolsRoel van Buerenroel@rovabusoftware.nlRoel.van.bueren@ngn.nl

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The Death of the Windows Desktop

The Death of the Windows Desktop

• “Every time I mention the possibility that Microsoft might kill off the Windows desktop, I get pushback from IT admins, power users, developers, and anyone else who currently relies on complex desktop applications and can't imagine such a future. Folks, it's time to face reality. It isn't a question of whether this will ever happen. It's just a question of when”.

What is a Windows Store app?

• A Windows Store app is a new type of application that runs on Windows 8(.1) and 10 devices.

• Based on the Windows Runtime API and differs from traditional desktop apps in its design and in the way users can interact with it on Windows 8(.1) and 10 devices.

There's one glaring flaw in Microsoft's Windows 10 strategy

There's one glaring flaw in Microsoft's Windows 10 strategy

• Universal apps (Windows Store)– Microsoft hasn't given developers any real reason to build Universal Windows Apps.

• Old PC apps work just fine– It's a common sentiment. Thanks to Windows 10's support for legacy apps, it'll run any

existing software without any changes to the code. And if it ain't broke, why fix it? • Nobody uses Windows on phones

– "Microsoft's recent de-emphasis on Windows phones has gutted the promise of Windows 10 Mobile, leaving the primary usefulness of Universal Applications — same app on desktop-laptop-tablet and phone -- in question,"

• Building real stuff for real PC users– Microsoft limits the API platform to build Universal Windows Apps, Wardell says, such that

every app runs in what programmers call a "sandbox," meaning that it can't "touch" other apps.

• Downward spiral– But over the long run, it means that developers will gradually find less and less reason to build

for Microsoft's platforms at all.

There's one glaring flaw in Microsoft's Windows 10 strategy

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The future of application development

What is a Windows (Phone) Store app?

What is a Universal Windows app?

What is a Universal Windows app?

WindowsApps

MDT 2013 Update 1

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 1 Overview

MDT 2013 Update 1

MDT 2013 Update 1

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 1 Overview

MDT 2013 Update 1

• Windows 10 is adding in a new deployment scenario, the inplace upgrade scenario, which at this point in time has been tested by millions of Windows Insiders around the globe.

MDT 2013 Update 1

• Windows 10 is adding in a new deployment scenario, the inplace upgrade scenario, which at this point in time has been tested by millions of Windows Insiders around the globe.

Wipe and Load or Upgrade

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Windows 8.1 Upgrade

MDT 2013 Update 1 Release Notes

• The MDT product documentation published on TechNet is current as of MDT 2013; it has not yet been updated for MDT 2013 Update 1

ADK and WAIK history

• WAIK = Windows Automated Installation Kit• WAIK 1.0 – Windows Vista• WAIK 1.1 – Windows Vista SP1• WAIK 2.0 – Windows 7 • WAIK 3.0 – Windows 7 SP1• ADK for Windows 8• ADK for Windows 8.1• ADK for Windows 10

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) Overview

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (AD) Overview

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) Overview

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) Overview

Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) Overview

Wipe-and-load or Upgrade

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Windows XP to Windows 10

• Deployment Scenario’s:– Wipe-and-load

Windows 7, 8(.1) to Windows 10

• Deployment Scenario’s:– Wipe and load– Inplace upgrade

Inplace upgrade

• For a start, the inplace upgrade is quite interesting in the way it technically doesn’t require any new infrastructure, no new ADK, no new boot images etc.

Inplace upgrade

• It’s simply running setup.exe with some command line switches, and you can upgrade from Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.

• This scenario also makes sure all apps and data are still there when the machine is upgraded

Inplace upgrade

• You can’t use an reference image that already have applications in it, you have to use the Microsoft media.

• There are restrictions for 3rd party antivirus and disk encryptions, that typically have to be uninstalled

• No upgrade from x86 to x64 (and vice versa)

Inplace upgrade

• Reference images– If you are using the traditional scenarios, you can

create reference images with MDT 2013 Update 1, but they can’t be used for the inplace upgrade scenarios (bare metal, computer refresh, and computer replace).

– You also cannot deploy your Windows 7 SP1 reference image, upgrade it to Windows 10, and then run sysprep. Sysprep is not supported on an upgraded machine.

Inplace upgrade

• No upgrade from from MBR to UEFI– some of the security features in Windows 10 do

require UEFI• No upgrade for:– Windows to Go– Boot from VHD, – dual-boot / multi-boot systems.

Wipe-and-load

Lite Touch Windows PE

Lite Touch Windows PE

CustomSettings.ini

Select a Task Sequence

Computer Name

Applications

Applications

Applications

Applications

Applications

Applications

Applications

Drivers

Drivers

Drivers

Drivers

ENGL Driver Manager

Packages

Packages

Packages

Packages

Packages

Packages

Packages

WServerNews Sept 21

• Microsoft does allow enterprises to manage their own intranet based apps store.

• However, the apps store moves the focus for applications from being system based to user based.

• Microsoft has not made the process to manage apps easy, compared to applications hosted on Windows 7.

WServerNews Sept 21

• Some apps can be uninstalled using the Settings control.

• Other apps can only be uninstalled using PowerShell (but apps that can be uninstalled using the Settings control can also be uninstalled using PowerShell).

WServerNews Sept 21

• Furthermore, uninstalling an app using Settings only uninstalls it for the current user.

• To uninstall it for all existing accounts requires the use of PowerShell.

Get-AppXPackage

Get-AppXPackage

Remove-AppXPackage

• Removes an app package (.appx) from a user account.

Remove-AppXPackage

• Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

• Just uninstalling an app for all users does not prevent the app from being installed for new user accounts on the system

Get-AppXProvisionPackage

• Gets information about app packages (.appx) in an image that will be installed for each new user

Get-AppXProvisionPackage

Remove-ProvisionedAppXPackage

• Removes an app package (.appx) from a Windows image.

Remove-ProvisionedAppXPackage

• Get-appxprovisionedpackage -online | remove-appxprovisionedpackage -online

Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool (DISM.exe)

• DISM enumerates, uninstalls, configures and updates features and packages in Windows images

• The Commands that are available depend on the image being serviced and whether the image is offline or running (online)

Remove-ProvisionedAppXPackage

Remove-ProvisionedAppXPackage

Remove-ProvisionedAppXPackage

Windows System Image Manager

• Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) creates and manages unattended Windows Setup answer files in a graphical user interface (GUI).

• Windows SIM does not modify the Windows image itself; Windows SIM is used only to create an answer file. This answer file is used during Windows Setup to apply the settings to the Windows installation.

Windows System Image Manager

Windows System Image Manager

Pin to taskbar

Export-StartLayout

Export-StartLayout

Export-StartLayout

Export-StartLayout

LayoutModification.xml

• Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath C:\Temp\LayoutModification.xml -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\

• Copy LayoutModification.xml to C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell

LayoutModification.xml

LayoutModification.xml

LayoutModification.xml

LayoutModification.xml

LayoutModification.xml

• Pro:– No need of an Active directory – No need to maintain a reference image VM – Solution of choice for OS Deployment– Start menu can be captured from every where – Changing the start menu every five minutes is now

fast and painless

LayoutModification.xml

• Cons – Unsupported (sort of) with Import-StartLayout

cmdlet, but supported with the copy process !!… don’t ask…

GPO

GPO

Pin to taskbar and/or Start• Const CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS = &H17

Const CSIDL_PROGRAMS = &H2Const CSIDL_STARTMENU = &HB

Dim objShell, objFSODim objCurrentUserStartFolderDim strCurrentUserStartFolderPathDim objAllUsersProgramsFolderDim strAllUsersProgramsPathDim objFolderDim objFolderItemDim colVerbsDim objVerb

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")Set objCurrentUserStartFolder = objShell.NameSpace (CSIDL_STARTMENU)strCurrentUserStartFolderPath = objCurrentUserStartFolder.Self.PathSet objAllUsersProgramsFolder = objShell.NameSpace(CSIDL_COMMON_PROGRAMS)strAllUsersProgramsPath = objAllUsersProgramsFolder.Self.Path

Pin to Taskbar or Start• ‘VLC media player

If objFSO.FileExists("C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\VideoLAN\VLC media player.lnk") Then Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace("C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\VideoLAN") Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName("VLC media player.lnk") Set colVerbs = objFolderItem.Verbs For Each objVerb in colVerbs If Replace(objVerb.name, "&", "") = "Pin to Start" Then objVerb.DoIt

If Replace(objVerb.name, "&", "") = "Pin to taskbar" Then objVerb.DoIt NextEnd If

Pin to Taskbar or Start

• Before:

Pin to Taskbar or Start

• Before:

Pin to Taskbar or Start

• After:

Pin to Taskbar or Start

• After:

Taskbar and Navigation properties

Windows 8.1

Taskbar and Navigation properties

ZENworks and Windows 10

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Zenworks and Windows 10

ZENworks and ENGL Imaging Toolkit 10

ZENworks and Windows 10

ZENworks and Windows 10

ZENworks and Windows 10

ZENworks and Windows 10

Questions?