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70-687 8.1 MLO Worksheet Lab 01

This document contains information about evaluating hardware readiness for upgrading to Windows 8.1, including exercises to check the current Windows version and hardware, run the Windows 8.1 Upgrade Assistant, and review upgrade options. The exercises guide reviewing system information using built-in tools to check the version of Windows, hardware specifications like memory and processor, and available upgrade paths. Running the Upgrade Assistant scans the computer to determine which versions of Windows 8.1 it can be upgraded to. The challenges section provides sample questions to test understanding of using System Information to check system details, Windows edition selection based on intended use cases, processor and memory requirements, and upgrade paths from Windows 7.

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70-687 8.1 MLO Worksheet Lab 01

This document contains information about evaluating hardware readiness for upgrading to Windows 8.1, including exercises to check the current Windows version and hardware, run the Windows 8.1 Upgrade Assistant, and review upgrade options. The exercises guide reviewing system information using built-in tools to check the version of Windows, hardware specifications like memory and processor, and available upgrade paths. Running the Upgrade Assistant scans the computer to determine which versions of Windows 8.1 it can be upgraded to. The challenges section provides sample questions to test understanding of using System Information to check system details, Windows edition selection based on intended use cases, processor and memory requirements, and upgrade paths from Windows 7.

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MOAC 70-687 Configuring Windows 8.

1 MLO Worksheet

LAB 1
EVALUATING
HARDWARE
READINESS AND
CAPABILITY
THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:
Exercise 1.1 Evaluating Your Machine
Exercise 1.2 Running the Upgrade Assistant
Lab Challenge Reviewing Your Upgrade Options

Exercise 1.1 Evaluating Your Machine
Overview

In this exercise, you will use several built-in tools to view the
current Windows version and hardware.
Mindset Before you install or deploy Windows to a machine, you need
identify what hardware the machine has and if that hardware
meets the minimum requirements for Windows 8.1. An
enterprise organization may have a software component that can
perform inventory. However, you must still identify the
hardware of a computer using the built-in tools that are included
with Windows 8.1.
Completion time 10 minutes

MOAC 70-687 Configuring Windows 8.1 MLO Worksheet

Question
1
What version and edition of Windows are you using? Is it a
32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows




Question
2
How much memory does your system have?




Question
3
Which version are you using?




Question
4
Which processor or processors do you have?




Question
5
How much disk space do you have on your C drive?




MOAC 70-687 Configuring Windows 8.1 MLO Worksheet

Exercise 1.2 Running the Upgrade Assistant
Overview

In this exercise, you will run the upgrade assistant to scan your
computer to see what it can be upgraded to.
Mindset To make things easier for an end-user, Microsoft has developed
the Windows 8.1 Upgrade Assistant, which scans the computer
to determine if the computer can be upgraded to Windows 8.1
and also determines the versions of Windows 8.1 that you can
upgrade to based on your upgrade needs.
Completion time 15 minutes

4. When the Heres what we found page opens, take a screen shot by pressing
Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 1 worksheet file in the page provided
by pressing Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]

Question
6
Which items do you need to review?



Lab Challenge Review Your Upgrade options
Overview

During this exercise, you will perform a written exercise to
ensure that you understand the available installation and upgrade
options.
Mindset Prior to installing or deploying Windows, you must look at the
hardware that you want to use and determine if the computer can
handle Windows 8.1. If the hardware cannot, you will need to
determine if you want to upgrade the current hardware, or
replace the computer.
Completion time 10 minutes

For this written exercise, answer the following questions based on the given scenario.
1. You are visiting a client that has a computer running Windows 7. However, you
do not know the specifications for the computer. What tool or option can you use
to quickly view the computer name, domain name, processor information,
installed memory, if the system is 32-bit or 64-bit, the edition of Windows, and if
Windows 7 includes a service pack or not?
MOAC 70-687 Configuring Windows 8.1 MLO Worksheet

System information
2. You are purchasing a computer with Windows 8.1. You need to be able to add
the computer to an Active Directory Domain. You will need to be able to access
shared folders and printers on the network, and you need to share your printer to
other users. You will need to be able to run a virtual machine running Windows
XP on the computer. You will also need to install Office 2013. What is the least
expensive edition of Windows 8.1 that you will need?
Windows pro
3. What is the maximum number of processors that Windows 8.1 Pro can support?
2
4. You have a computer that has a Intel quad-core processor. Can you run Windows
8.1 Pro and will Windows be able to use all four cores?
Yes and yes you can use all 4 cores.
5. You have an application that will require 8 GB of memory. What is the least
expensive edition and version of Windows 8.1 that you can use for this
application to run?
Win 8.1 64 bit
6. You want Windows 8.1 to use BranchCache. What is the least expensive edition
of Windows 8.1 that you can use?
Win 8.1 enterprise
7. You have a computer running Windows 7 Professional. Which version of
Windows can you perform an in-place upgrade to?
Win 8.1

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