Milestone 1

Class & Module IT Systems Capstone Project

Milestone 1: Deployment Plan to Upgrade Windows 7 to
Windows 10

Name Ananda Aditya Surya

Milestone 1: Deployment Plan to Upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10

Litware, Inc. has only 25 computers of different models between 3 to 5 years. They do not employ
any IT staff. Their users are all local administrators who are skilled in managing their own computers.

• All their computers run Windows 7 or Windows 8.1

• They want to upgrade to Windows 10.
• Management of Litware Inc have been urged to follow a hardware refresh cycle of three to five
years.
• Growing need to support mobile user with tablets
Create report on the followings:

• What is the best Windows upgrade method to Windows 10 for Litware?

• Explain different editions of Windows 10 and select the most suitable Windows 10 device for your
needs
• Describe the minimum recommended hardware requirements for installing Windows 10
• Deployment options in Windows 10 that help you simplify the deployment process and automate
migration of existing settings and applications.
• Describe the tools available in the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit.
• Describe the process of installing Windows 10.
• When device or component failure happens, you need to recover the device. Windows 10 includes
several device recovery features, which can help you to recover the device, List the options
available in Windows 10
Task 1: Explain different editions of Windows 10 and select the most suitable Windows 10 device
and Windows edition for your needs.

Different Windows 10 Editions include:

Windows 10 Home is designed for basic personal use in PCs, tablets and 2-in-1 PCs. It
includes all features directed at consumers
Windows 10 Pro includes all features of Windows 10 Home , with additional capabilities for
small companies and small business that are oriented towards professionals and business
environments, such as Active Directory, Remote Desktop, BitLocker, Hyper-V, and Windows
Defender Device Guard, Windows 10 Pro also come up with different editions such Windows 10
Pro for Workstations is designed for high-end hardware for intensive computing tasks and
supports Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron and the latest AMD Epyc processors; up to four CPUs; up to
6 TB RAM; the ReFS file system; Non-Volatile Dual In-line Memory Module (NVDIMM);
and remote direct memory access (RDMA).
Windows 10 Enterprise provides all the features of Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, Usually
this editions used for big company and Professionals business with additional features to assist
with IT-based organizations. Windows 10 Enterprise is configurable on two servicing
channels, Semi-Annual Channel and Windows Insider Program. Enterprise also comes up with
LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) (formerly LTSB, Long-Term Servicing Branch) is a long-
term support variant of Windows 10 Enterprise released every 2 to 3 years. Each release is
supported with security updates for either 5 or 10 years after its release, and intentionally receive
no feature updates. Some features, including the Microsoft Store and bundled apps, are not
included in this edition. This edition was first released as Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB (Long-
Term Servicing Branch). There are currently 4 releases of LTSC: one in 2015 (version 1507),
one in 2016 (version 1607), one in 2018 (labeled as 2019, version 1809), and one in 2021
(version 21H2).

Windows 10 Education is distributed through Academic Volume Licensing. It was based on

Windows 10 Enterprise and initially reported to have the same feature set. As of version 1709,
however, this edition has fewer features. And limited only for teacher and student Interactions,
comes on up-scale This edition was introduced in July 2016 for hardware partners on new
devices purchased with the discounted K–12 academic license. It was based on the Pro edition
of Windows 10 and contains mostly the same features as Windows 10 Pro with different options
disabled by default, and adds options for setup and deployment in an education environment. It
also features a "Set Up School PCs" app that allows provisioning of settings using a USB flash
drive, and does not include Cortana, Microsoft Store suggestions, Windows Sandbox, or
Windows Spotlight.

Windows 10 Mobile was designed for High mobility Device such as smartphones and small
tablets. It included all basic consumer features, including Continuum capability. It was the de
facto successor of Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows RT. Have up-scale version Windows 10
Mobile Enterprise provided all of the features in Windows 10 Mobile, with additional features to
assist IT-based organizations, in a manner similar to Windows 10 Enterprise, but optimized for
mobile devices.

IoT Enterprise is A rebranded variant of Microsoft's earlier embedded operating

systems, Windows Embedded. Designed specifically for use in small footprint, low-cost devices
and IoT scenarios. IoT Core was discontinued on October 11, 2020. These editions are licensed
to OEMs only, and are primarily obtained via the purchase of hardware that includes it

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Task 2: What is the best Windows upgrade method for Litware Inc.?

The best method I will use is in place upgrade. Because In-place upgrade installs Windows 10
without previously removing the older version of the operating system on the client computer. The
process automatically maintains existing settings, programs, and data.

Task 3: List the possible reason Litware Inc upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10

The Possible Reason:

• First reason Windows 7, don't have an app store. Windows 10 lets you find software you
need for large and small tasks, and you can run apps either windowed or full-screen.
These apps run in their own sandboxes, so they're more secure.
• Second reason device always up to date because Windows 10 have a lot of update for
easier maintenance, meanwhile windows 7 ended their updates on January 14, 2020.
• Third reason Is security reason, windows 10 has more advance security system then
windows 7. Windows 10 have virtually sandbox to run apps, and updated security.

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Task 4: What are the deployment options in Windows 10 that help you simplify the deployment
process and automate migration of existing settings and applications?

There are plenty of options that you can use, such as :

• windows autopilot
Customize the out-of-box-experience (OOBE) for your organization, and deploy a
new system with apps and settings already configured

• In-place upgrade
Use Windows Setup to update your OS and migrate apps and settings.

• Wipe-and-Load
Also called Refresh wipe and load. Redeploy a device by saving the user state,
wiping the disk, then restoring the user state.

• Provisioning
Using the Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer tool, create provisioning
packages that can be applied to devices.

• Side by side migration

Files and application settings can be migrated to new hardware running the
Windows® operating system, or they can be maintained during an operating
system upgrade on the same computer.

Task 5: Describe the tools available in the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit.

• Configuration Designer
• Application Compatibility Tools
• Imaging and Configuration Designer
• User state migration
• Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT)
• Windows Assessment Toolkit
• Windows Performance Toolkit
• Windows Assessment Services
Task 6: Explain the five stages of upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (A5- A6).

Evaluate

Before proceed to the other procedure, firstly you need to check the minimum hardware
requirements for this update, also check the available apps on this windows version will also working
on the next updated version.

Back-up

If you have any important data files, and doesn’t want the data to be wiped-up while upgrading or
after the upgrading procedure done. You should back-up data and important files before we
proceed into upgrading procedures, backing-up data and files using plenty options such as :
removable or external HDD, SSD for large data and files, also you can upload and download the data
and files using cloud storage service.

Upgrade

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After evaluation of the computer and backing up necessary data and important files, you can jump
into upgrade procedures. Upgrading procedures can be done by running the installation program
using removable media such as product DVD files, Network Download files, or even if the computer
supports in-place upgrade. Many upgrading options can be selected during the installation

Verify

After the upgrading done and completed, you need to check by signing in and verifying the
applications and settings updates properly functioning

Update

Last but not least, Maintaining the device by applying any updates such as security updates driver
updates and any other relevant updates to maintain the computer performance

Task 7: When component/device failure happens, you need to recover the device, list the options
available in Windows 10.

recover, reinstall, or upgrade the operating system without affecting apps or user data. Some
situations might require complete replacement of local storage; for example, if the local solid-state
drive (SSD) disk is broken. In such cases, you only have to recover the operating system. You can
reinstall your apps from the stores. You can access your user data at any time from your other
devices, and synchronize it back on the device you recover.

1. Driver Roll Back : this feature only reverts a device driver to the previous version that the same
device used.

2. System Protection and System Restore : System Protection is the feature that allows you to
set and manage restore points. System restore points are snapshots of your system that are
taken prior to significant system changes. So you can revert the operating system to the
previous restore points
3. Startup Recovery : Restoring and reset computer’s system files to the first time point,
without affecting any files.
4. Reset this PC : enables you to either keeping files and reinstall the operating system, or Wipe
the entire files on the device and then reinstall the operating system.
5. System Image Recovery : by creating Back-up using system Image. system image is a
personalized backup of the partition that contains Windows, and includes programs and user
data, like documents, pictures, and music.
6. Command prompt : Advanced users can use Command Prompt To run command line wich can
provide recovery related operations and can use

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