Windows 10 Installation

Requirements
 Hardware Requirements

 Processor : 1 GHz or High-Speed Processor

 Memory : 1 GB RAM for 32-bit Versions/2 GB

RAM for 64-bit Versions

 Hard Disk Space : 16 GB for 32-bit Version / 20

GB for 64-bit Version

 Graphics Card : Direct X 9 or Later with Windows

Display Driver Model (WDDM)

 Microsoft Account and Internet Connection

 Audio
 Clean Installation vs. Upgrade Installation

 IT has two main options when looking to migrate from an older

version of Windows to Windows 10: a Clean installation or an

Upgrade installation.

 Clean Installation:-

 A clean install of Windows 10 reformats the boot and

system drives so that it wipes all traces of the previous

installation prior to installing the new OS from scratch.

 As a result, the biggest -- advantage of a clean install of

Windows 10 is a fresh start with a completely new Windows

Operating System.
 A clean install requires IT to reboot the PC and instruct the

basic input/output system or

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) to boot from

bootable media containing the installer for Windows 10.

 With Clean install, IT must reinstall all applications that the

organization wants to continue using.

 Upgrade Installation:-

 During an upgrade install, IT uses the PC running an

older version of Windows to run the

Windows 10 OS installer.

 The upgrade process takes all the programs and

utilities installed on a device -- along with the

device's preferences, settings are retained .

 The three main benefits of an upgrade install are:

 Convenience: No special start-up or bootable installation

media is necessary for an upgrade install. Above all, an

upgrade install offers convenience.

 To get started, IT can use the Windows 10 Update Assistant

or wait for Windows Update to offer the upgrade. The vast

majority of Windows 10 upgrades take under an hour to

complete.

 The time it takes to successfully upgrade depends on two

factors: the download speed of Windows 10 upgrade files

and the hardware platform capability the upgrade runs on.

 Simplicity: IT can launch the Upgrade Assistant or tell

Windows Update to perform the upgrade. The rest is handled,

more or less, automatically, with very little IT interaction or

guidance required.

 Preservation: An upgrade install preserves all compatible

applications and will warn IT of any applications it will lose as

a result of the migration during pre-installation checks. This

is true for all files, applications, settings and preferences as

well.
 Windows 10 Editions
 Here is the List of Windows 10 Editions:

Windows 10 Home

Windows 10 Professional

Windows 10 Enterprise

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB

Windows 10 Education

Windows 10 Mobile

Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise

 Windows 10 Home Edition

 Windows 10 Home Edition is designed primarily for

home users and includes similar features those

found in Windows 8.1 Home, plus:
Microsoft Edge

Continuum tablet mode touch-capable devices

Cortana

Windows Hello

Virtual Desktops

A number of built-in Windows apps such as:

photos, Maps, Mail, Calendar, Music and Video.

 Microsoft Edge: The new more secure browser which also

provides you to take notes on web sites.

 Cortana: A new voice application of Microsoft, that

provides you a digital assistant.

 Windows Hello: Alternative way to log in to device with

using biometrics.

 Virtual Desktop: It provides users to use separate

desktops which can include different apps. It can be

useful for people who wants to focus on a specific task

and group the same categorized items in one desktop.

 Windows 10 Professional Edition

 Windows 10 Professional includes the same features as

in Windows 10 Home Edition, but additionally provides:

 Domain Join and Group Policy Management

 Microsoft Azure Active Directory Join

 BitLocker

 Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer

 Windows Store for Organizations

 Enterprise Data Protection

 BitLocker:- BitLocker offers the ability to encrypt the entire

drive. You can encrypt the whole system or an external drive

even if you want a part.

 Enterprise Data Protection: It is a protection and security

solution to IT departments due to BYOD (Bring Your Own

Device) is becoming very common in companies.

 Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer: It provides admins to

create a list of corporate web sites.

 Azure Active Directory: It provides authentication and

authorization to applications, file servers, printers etc. like

Active Directory but it is cloud-based.

 Windows 10 Enterprise Edition
 Windows 10 Enterprise builds on the features of windows

10 pro, providing additional features of relevance to

large organizations, including:
 Direct Access

 Windows To Go Creator

 AppLocker

 Windows BranchCache

 Start Screen Control with Group Policy

 Credential Guard

 Device Guard
 DirectAccess: DirectAccess is a new feature that allows users

to seamlessly connect to the corporate network when they have

Internet access. In addition, DirectAccess users can securely

access company resources (e-mail server, intranet web sites,

shared folders, etc.) without VPN connection.

 AppLocker: AppLocker, provides user-based restriction of the

applications and programs installed in the operating system

while performing this operation according to the manufacturer,

application name or version of the application. You can define

and assign rules and create exceptions to these rules.

 BranchCache: It is a bandwidth improvement technology that provides

to client computers in branch offices to access content locally, rather

than over the WAN.

 Credential Guard: It is a protection method against Pass-the-Hash style

attack by isolate and harden key system

 Device Guard: This technology is a new technology created after the

combination of hardware and software security solutions and is not

available in previous versions of Windows. With Device Guard; any

application that is not in Code Integrity Policies (which does not need to

be harmful) will be treated as an untrusted application and will not run,

load, or use it even if you have administrator rights on the computer.

 Start Screen Control: It provides to customize the

Start screen, if you apply it to all Start screen,

users cannot pin, unpin or uninstall applications
from the Start.
 Windows To Go Creator: It is a feature in Windows

8.1 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 10

Enterprise, and Windows 10 Education that allows
them to boot and run from certain USB mass
storage devices such as USB flash drives and
external hard disk drives which have been certified
by Microsoft as compatible.
 Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB

 It is specialized edition of windows 10 Enterprise,

receives security and other important updates in the

normal way but doesn’t receive feature updates.
 This enables organizations to know that their

environment doesn’t change overtime.

 Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB (Long Term Servicing

Branch) edition doesn’t include:

Microsoft Edge

Windows Store Client

Cortana

Many Built-in Windows Apps

 Windows 10 Education

 This edition provides the same features as windows

10 Enterprise but doesn’t offer support for LTSB.

 Windows 10 Education is only available through

academic volume licensing.

 32-bit Vs. 64-bit Versions

 You can choose between 32-bit and 64-bit versions

of all desktop editions of windows 10.

 Generally, it would be useful to choose 64-bit

versions unless there is a compelling reason to use

32-bit versions, such as because your hardware

doesn’t support 64-bit architecture.

 Advantages of 64-bit Version
 Memory:- Sixty-four bit versions of windows 10 can

address more physical memory than 32-bit versions.

Specifically 32-bit versions are limited to 4 GB of RAM,
where as 64-bit versions have no such limitation.
 Security:- Features such as kernel path protection,

mandatory kernel-mode driver signing, and Data Execution

Prevention(DEP) are available only in 64-bit versions of
windows 10.
 Client Hyper-V:-This feature is only available on 64-bit

versions of windows 10. Your hardware must also support

Second-Level Address Translation (SLAT).
 Performance:- 64-bit processor can handle more data

during each cpu clock cycle.