MOAC 70-687 - Configuring Windows 8 Lab Manual

LAB 2
INSTALLING WINDOWS
8
THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:
Exercise 2.1
Exercise 2.2
Lab Challenge

Performing a Clean Windows 8 Installation
Joining a Domain
Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8

Exercise 2.1 Performing a Clean Windows 8 Installation
Overview

In this exercise, you will install Windows 8 on a new computer that has
no previously installed operating system.
Mindset In many cases, organizations purchase computers without operating
systems installedsometimes called bare metal workstationseither
because they have an existing license agreement or because they intend to
purchase the operating system (OS) through a different channel. In these
cases, you perform what is known as a clean operating system installation,
which is a procedure that creates a new server with the default operating
system settings.
Completion time 30 minutes



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Question
1
What should you do if the drive on which you want to install
Windows 8 already has a partition on it containing an
operating system and data you do not need?



Question
2
What should you do if the Where do you want to install
Windows? page appears, but it does not list any drives or
partitions?



12. Take a screen shot of the Sign in to your PC page by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and
then paste it into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing
Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]

Exercise 2.2 Joining a Domain
Overview

In this exercise, you will join your newly installed Windows 8
workstation to your networks Active Directory Domain Services
domain.
Mindset To function in an enterprise environment, Windows 8 workstations
typically must be part of an Active Directory domain. An administrator
must join the workstation to the domain by supplying appropriate
credentials.
Completion time 10 minutes

Question
3
What is the primary reason for the joining to a domain to fail
at this point?


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16. Take a screen shot of the message box by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it
into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]


Lab
Challenge Upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8
Overview

In this challenge, you will upgrade a Windows 7 workstation to
Windows 8.
Mindset Assuming that a workstation meets all of the requirements and has
compatible drivers and applications installed, it is possible to perform an
in-place upgrade, which retains all of the systems software, data, and
configuration settings. However, the more complex the workstation
configuration, the more likely it will be for incompatibilities to arise,
producing an end result that is unstable or otherwise problematic.
Completion time 20 minutes

In this challenge, you are provided with a computer named WKSTN-MBR-C that is running
Windows 7. In the computers DVD drive, there is an installation disk for Windows 8
Enterprise, which you must use to upgrade the operating system from Windows 7 to
Windows 8. To complete the challenge, complete the following tasks:

1. Windows 7, as configured on WKSTN-MBR-C, is running Internet Information
Services. Before you begin the upgrade process, demonstrate that IIS is running
by taking a screen shot of the IIS default website. Press Alt+Prt Scr and then
paste it into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]

2. Upgrade the workstation to Windows 8, documenting the process by listing the
basic steps you performed.
Note
The length of time required for the Windows 8 upgrade
process can be 20 minutes or more, depending on the
number and type of applications, files, and configuration
settings on the computer at the outset.
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3. Demonstrate that IIS is still running on the upgraded workstation by taking a
screen shot of the new IIS default website. Press Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it
into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]

4. Answer the following questions:
a. Under what conditions would the Upgrade option be unavailable to you
during the Windows 8 installation process?

b. The compatibility notes that appear during this exercise are
recommendations; they do not prevent you from performing the upgrade.
However, in a real-world upgrade situation, this might not be the case.
Give an example of a compatibility note that will stop the upgrade process
and force you to take action before restarting the installation.