There is much good information here but I have a question to see if I can do what I hope it possible.
Ok, so, we buy surface pro 3 in our company. What I'd like to do is set it up to where, I can have the majority of all the software installed on a surface and have the start screen set up the way I like it. Then once all that is done, we hand the surface to a sales rep. I'd like to see if I can take that, and deploy it on to to the surfaces of the same make and model. Is it possible to do something like this? As I understand it, the Windows 8.1 key is stored in the UEFI BIOS.
Can this be possible? It would be nice to have a base setup, then add some programs after the fact. It would save a lot of time in terms of not having to download all windows updates when they can already be applied.
I wonder how it'll work with windows 10 around the corner.
Anyweb, do you have a procedure setup to capture an surface pro 3's image and using that image for deployment to other surfaces? Do you need to change the windows key or is that done automatically.
Yes, you can tell I'm a noob lol. We just wanted to see if it was possible to save time setting up the devices in the office when we hire new reps.
