[Forum FAQ]Microsoft account sync settings in Windows 10 Technical Preview

Question

Summary
Since Windows 8, Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Accounts. When you sign in to your PC or device with a Microsoft account, you
can check email anytime, get Apps from the Windows Store,  and keep all your favorite stuff—devices, photos, friends, games, settings, music, and so on—up to date and in sync.
From the release of
Windows 10 Technical Preview, many users have upgraded to this new OS. You may would like to keep the personalization settings, such as Desktop, Themes, Start screen, Tiles and so on. It is smart to achieve this with the help of Microsoft accounts.
Solution
This article describes how to implement synchronization settings with the help of Microsoft accounts by an example.
Note: The previous OS has connected to a Microsoft account and has been configured related sync settings.
Example: In Windows 8.1, the layout of Start screen is shown as below, two extra icons have been pinned to the Start screen: Facebook which is needed to be installed manually and
Control Panel which is a built-in item by design.
Note: Start menu is been used by default in Windows 10 Technical Preview, if you want to switch to Start screen, please right click
Taskbar\Properties\Start Menu, which is as shown below, uncheck the option
Use the Start menu instead of the Start screen, then sign out and sign back.
Steps
Press Windows Logo +C, click
Settings\Change PC Settings\OneDrive\Sync settings, and then turn on
Sync your settings on this PC.
Configure corresponding settings according to your demand. The settings of this example are shown as below:
Connect the same Microsoft account in Windows 10 Technical Preview, configure the same sync settings, wait for several minutes, or restart Task Manager, sign out and sign back, restart. The setting configured in the previous system
would be synchronized to the new OS, which is shown as below:
From the picture above, we can find that the layout of Start screen is almost the same with the one of previous OS, Facebook and Control Panel are also synchronized to the Start screen in Windows
10 Technical Preview. However, since Facebook is not a built-in app, you need to click the icon to install it before using it. Here we can see that the synchronized apps have not been installed.
In this example, Background and Lock screen have also been synchronized, and the Taskbar has also been placed to the left edge just like the configurations in the previous system which is shown as below:
Additional Resource
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Frequently asked questions about Windows 10 Technical Preview, please refer to:
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Answer 1

Thank for the write up.  I have "streamlined" the process to make it forward compatible with the new Tech Previews.
I am using the following.
- MDT 2013
- Windows 8.1 ADK
- Additional edits to LTIApply.wsf as detailed in original
article with some modifications listed below.
- Custom DISM script (link)
1) Edit LTIApply.wsf and change the following code.
Old Code
If Left(oEnvironment.Item("OSCurrentVersion"), 1) >= "6" then
New Code
If ((Left(oEnvironment.Item("OSCurrentVersion"), 1) >= "6") or (Left(oEnvironment.Item("OSCurrentVersion"), 2) = "10")) then
Then remove the following code and replace with the new code.
Old Code
Elseif Left(sOSBuild, 1) < "6" then
iRetVal = ApplyImage( "nt52" )
New Code
Elseif Left(sOSBuild, 1) < "6" and Left(sOSBuild, 1) > "2" then
iRetVal = ApplyImage( "nt52" )
When it comes to DISM, no need to change the current structure.  Use the script at the following location and it will pull the DISM files from the Windows 10 WIM file automatically for you and apply them to the installation session.  Does
not modify your MDT 2013 ADK in any way.
A very smart guy figured this out, many kudos to Frank Lesniak for coming up with this little trick.
http://blog.westmonroepartners.com/make-the-microsoft-deployment-toolkit-mdt-2013-able-to-deploy-windows-10-windows-server-vnext-and-hyper-v-server-vnext-technical-preview/
After making only these changes, I am now able to deploy Windows 10 Technical Preview builds 9879 - 10061.
Enjoy!  :)