The Windows PE documentation references Windows PE 5.1 for supporting WimBoot deployments. The Windows ADK for Windows 8.1 Update still includes Windows PE 5.0 (including the Windows PE 5.0 optional components and language packs), the same as the previous versions of the Windows ADK for Windows 8.1. We are investigating adding support for WimBoot to a future release. MDT does not support the new WimBoot functionality at this time.

This media should be available on or about 14 April 2014.Ī Windows 8.1 Update OS image (refresh media or offline serviced) can be applied with the deployment tools natively present in Windows PE 5.0. We recommend using the latest full installation source (also known as “slipstreamed” or “refresh” media) for Windows 8.1 Update from the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) as the starting point for your OS deployments. Windows PE 5.0 can be used to deploy Windows 8.1 Update images. You do not need to update the deployment share to update boot images. There are some bug fixes to the User State Migration Tool (USMT) in this revision, so if you use USMT be sure to update the deployment share to refresh the USMT content. If you do upgrade, you don’t have to uninstall the previous version first running the ADK setup will update the existing components of the ADK installation.Īfter upgrading the ADK to the latest version, here are a few general items of note for MDT: You can continue to use an existing version of the Windows 8.1 ADK or the Windows 8.1 Update revision to service and deploy all Windows 8.1 (including Windows 8.1 Update), Windows 8, and Windows 7 images. We recommend that all customers of MDT 2013 upgrade to the latest ADK, Similar to this post, but there are some differences.) If you are also using Configuration Manager see this Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 8.1 Updateįor more information. This post applies to customers using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013.

First published on TECHNET on Apr 03, 2014

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