OEM Windows Deployment and Imaging Walkthrough

Ready to start building and testing Windows PCs? This guide walks you through some of the strategies that you can use to create a line of reliable PC designs that meet your customers' needs.

• Plan product designs.

• Automate the Windows installation.

• Create snapshots of Windows images, and modify them for different markets.

• Automate Windows deployment.

This information applies to:

• Windows 8.1

• Windows® 8

• Windows Server 2012 R2

• Windows Server® 2012

• Planning: Create different product designs for different market segments

• Get the tools needed to customize Windows

• Install Windows automatically from a USB drive

• Install Windows PE

• Prepare a snapshot of the PC: Generalize and capture Windows images

• Apply Windows images

• Update drivers and packages: Intro to offline servicing

• Update languages and regions: Localize your Windows images

• Update Windows settings and scripts: Create your own answer file

• Build to order: Use online servicing to make final updates to individual PCs

• Deploy Windows images: Activate and secure PCs

• Further optimizations

• Windows Deployment sample scripts

• Windows Deployment sample answer files

• Windows Deployment sample OOBE.xml file