Free eBook About Windows Deployment via MDT 2013 SCCM. Here is another Windows 8.1 free ebook for IT Professionals. This book is published by Microsoft and written by Ed Bott. This eBook contains loads of details about Windows 8.1 with 139 pages.
As a ConfigMgr person, I would like to highlight the close relationship between SCCM ConfigMgr 2012 R2 and MDT 2013.
You can download the ebook from here:- Free ebook: Introducing Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals
This book recommends using Zero Touch deployment if your organization has over 500 staff. Another important point mentioned in the book is.
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Free eBook About Windows Deployment via MDT 2013 SCCM
If you plan to use USMT for a Windows 8.1 deployment, you should be aware of one significant change. Earlier versions of USMT supported migrations with Windows 8 as the target and Windows XP or later running on the source computer.
USMT version 6.3, included in the Windows ADK and required for Windows 8.1 migrations, supports only Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 as both target and host operating systems. Windows XP and Windows Vista are not supported. Microsoft recommends using USMT version 5 as a workaround to capture the user state from Windows XP and Vista; that state can then be restored to Windows 8.1 using USMT 6.3.
Following are Windows 8.1 upgrade options using MDT 2013 with or without ConfigMgr 2012 R2:-
| Windows 8.1 Upgrade Options using MDT 2013 with or without ConfigMgr 2012 R2 |
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| 1. Lite Touch Installation (LTI) |
| 2. User-Driven Installation (UDI) |
| 3. Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) |
Another interesting post from the same author discusses Windows 8.1 pricing and licensing, with a few buying tips thrown in for good measure.
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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 10 years! He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career etc…