Windows Embedded Deployment and Management Overview

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Windows Embedded Deployment and
ManagementOverview
Microsoft Windows Embedded
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Agenda

• Deployment Overview
• WAIK Tools
• Windows Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE)
• ImageX
• Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
• Device Management Overview

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Embedded Device Deployment and Management

• The OS, Application design and testing has been
  completed but now the Embedded devices need to be
  
• Mass Deployed to the Target devices
• May also need to be Managed and updated after
  deployment

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OS Image Deployment
OS Image Deployment Overview

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Basic Deployment Process

• Install an OS on the Master Target device or
  Create the Windows Embedded OS
• Reseal the Master Device for cloning
• Capture the OS into an image file
• Store the resealed image (perhaps on a server)
• Boot and prepare target devices
• Deploy the resealed (cloned) image to devices

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Deployment Tools
Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)
Windows AIK is designed to help OEMs, system
builders, and corporate IT professionals deploy
Windows onto new hardware

• Free Download from the Microsoft website

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What is included in WAIK

• Windows Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE)
• Windows PE is the core deployment foundation for
  Windows. It is designed to make large-scale,
  customized deployments of Windows operating
  system notably easier.
• ImageX
• ImageX is a tool that enables OEMs and
  corporations to use file-based disk images for
  rapid Device deployment.

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What is WinPE ?

• WinPE is
• An operating environment built from Windows
  components
• an integrated part of the setup environment for
  Vista, Win7 Server 2008
• a customisable product for OEMs to build
  deployment applications upon (WAIK Tools)
• a replacement for DOS boot disk scenarios
• WinPE is not
• a embedded operating system
• a replacement client or server operating system

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Why use WinPE ?

• Deploy multiple versions of Windows, including
  Vista, Win7, XP Pro, WES 2009 (XPe), Server 2003
  2008
• Easy to Add extra drivers and applications that
  are not in the base WinPE (this can be done
  Offline)
• Contains Diskpart to prepare the disk media
• Can contain ImageX for OS capture or apply
• Boot from USB, Network and DVD/CD
• Automate the deployment process

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How to Build a custom WinPE
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What is ImageX ?

• ImageX is
• is a Microsoft imaging technology application
  that works with Windows PE
• used to capture, modify, and apply Windows OS
  Images (.wim)
• uses a highly compressed format
• for deployment in a manufacturing or corporate
  environment.
• used to modify images offline (not running)

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ImageX and WIMs

• WIM (Windows Image Format ) is a file-based disk
  image format
• ImageX is the tool to create, modify and mount
  WIM Images
• Basic operations include
• APPEND, APPLY, CAPTURE, DELETE, DIR, EXPORT,
  INFO, SPLIT, MOUNT(RW), UNMOUNT
• WinPE is distributed in WIM format
• WinPE kit includes imaging tools
• Key features of WIM relevant to WinPE
• For PE, WIMs are bootable
• Compressed boot into RAMDisk (x\ drive)
• Image is never uncompressed
• Multiple images / volumes in a single WIM
  container
• Application to variable size target drives

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What is ImageX?
Four major components

• Windows Imaging Format (WIM)
• Tools (ImageX)
• APIs for Win32
• Enabling technologies

ImageX
WIMGAPI
Enabling Technologies WIM file-system filter WIM
boot filter
WIM File
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What is WDS?

• Windows Deployment Services (WDS) are ...
• a technology for network-based installation of
  Windows operating systems.
• the successor to Remote Installation Services
  (RIS)
• uses disk imaging, in particular the Windows
  Imaging Format (WIM)
• included as a Server Role in all 32-bit and
  64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008
• included as an optionally installable component
  with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
• a system to boot target devices to WinPE across
  the network using PXE boot from a server
• Used to remotely deploy OSs to new device
  hardware

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Windows Deployment Services

• Scenarios
• New machine deployment
• End-to-end solution for clean installs
• PXE Boot of WinPE
• Custom deployment solution or recovery
  environment
• Extensibility Points
• Scalable PXE server built on a unified
  architecture

• Goals
• Deliver Great in-the-box provisioning solution
• Deliver components to enable custom solution
• Plug in model for PXE Server extensibility
• Unify on single image format/WIM
• Improve management experience
• Provide migration and co-existence path from RIS

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Windows Deployment Services
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OS Image Deployment
Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Deployment
Services Demo

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Summary of Embedded Device Deployment

• Use the Deployment tools
• Tools WinPE and ImageX
• Capture OS images into Image files (.wim)
• Windows Image files are highly compressed
• Multiple images can be contained in one image
  file
• Deploy Images from a Server
• Boot the target device into WinPE from CD/DVD or
  USB
• Connect to the server (net share . )
• Apply the image across the network (generally
  faster than disk duplication)
• Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
• Uses PXE boot on unprepared devices from a
  server
• Included in Server 2003 2008
• WDS can Start WinPE with built in scripts (batch
  files) to automate the process
• Minimal user interaction
• NO disk insertion on target devices

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Image Management
OS Image/Device Management

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Built-In Management Solutions
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System Center Solutions
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