windows-itpro-docs/windows/deployment/deploy.md

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Deploy Windows 10 (Windows 10)	Deploying Windows 10 for IT professionals.	E9E2DED5-DBA7-4300-B411-BA0FD39BE18C	w10	deploy	library	high	greg-lindsay

Deploy Windows 10

Windows 10 upgrade options are discussed and information is provided about planning, testing, and managing your production deployment. Procedures are provided to help you with a new deployment of the Windows 10 operating system, or to upgrade from a previous version of Windows to Windows 10. The following sections and topics are available.

Topic	Description
Windows 10 upgrade paths	This topic provides information about support for upgrading directly to Windows 10 from a previous operating system.
Windows 10 edition upgrade	This topic provides information about support for upgrading from one edition of Windows 10 to another.
Manage Windows upgrades with Upgrade Readiness	With Upgrade Readiness, enterprises now have the tools to plan and manage the upgrade process end to end, allowing them to adopt new Windows releases more quickly. With Windows telemetry enabled, Upgrade Readiness collects system, application, and driver data for analysis. We then identify compatibility issues that can block an upgrade and suggest fixes when they are known to Microsoft. The Upgrade Readiness workflow steps you through the discovery and rationalization process until you have a list of computers that are ready to be upgraded.
Windows 10 deployment test lab	This guide contains instructions to configure a proof of concept (PoC) environment requiring a minimum amount of resources. The guide makes extensive use of Windows PowerShell and Hyper-V. Subsequent companion guides contain steps to deploy Windows 10 using the PoC environment. After completing this guide, additional guides are provided to deploy Windows 10 in the test lab using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit or System Center Configuration Manager.
Plan for Windows 10 deployment	This section describes Windows 10 deployment considerations and provides information to assist in Windows 10 deployment planning.
Deploy Windows 10 with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit	This guide will walk you through the process of deploying Windows 10 in an enterprise environment using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT).
Deploy Windows 10 with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager	If you have Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager in your environment, you will most likely want to use it to deploy Windows 10. This topic will show you how to set up Configuration Manager for operating system deployment and how to integrate Configuration Manager with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) or.
Windows 10 deployment tools	Learn about available tools to deploy Windows 10, such as the Windows ADK, DISM, USMT, WDS, MDT, Windows PE and more.