Welcome to the Windows Assessment Server from the Windows 8 ADK. Part 1 of X

Fa-La…It’s the magical mystery tour…..

Well, not really, but it is the Windows Assessment Server brought to us by the Windows 8 ADK!

Lets fire this bad boy up and play around with it.

Step 0.  Prepare your environment.

You need DHCP and DNS and a Server running 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server 2012.  This MAY NOT be installed on a server with the AD DS role by the way…

Step 1.  Install the ADK:

Go here:  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652 and run ADKSetup.exe

Next

Next

Accept

Click Install

And then be patient…

And then

And then

And finally…

Start the Windows Assessment Service – Client and click to configure the server.  It’ll do a lot of work.

Like that and this

And finally….