Is it possible to apply a GPOPACK to Windows 8.1 in MDT 2013/ADK for 8.1

Question

We are aware that SCM does not have a basline for Windows 8.1. I have seen Johan post about adding the code to the ZTIApplyGPOPack.wsf for support for Windows 8.1.  Also do we need to update GPOPack.wsf  located in \Templates\GPOPacks\Name of GPO
PACK.
So what is the best approach for creating and applying a GPO PACK to Win 8.1?
Thanks

Answer 1

If I remember correctly what I did, this is how I went about it.
1. Create the Windows 8.1 GPO Pack using LocalGPO from SCM 3.0
To use LocalGPO you have to edit "LocalGPO.wsf" to add support for 8.1.
In "Sub ChkOSVersion" just add the lines to provide support for 8.1 (and 2012 R2 while you're there)
To do this, just copy the 4 lines for 8 and 2012, paste them above the lines you just copied, and then edit them
It should look like this after the edit:
        If(Left(strOpVer,3) = "6.3") and (strProductType <> "1") then 
  strOS = "WS12R2"
        ElseIf(Left(strOpVer,3) = "6.3") and (strProductType = "1") then 
  strOS = "Win81"
        ElseIf(Left(strOpVer,3) = "6.2") and (strProductType <> "1") then 
  strOS = "WS12"
        ElseIf(Left(strOpVer,3) = "6.2") and (strProductType = "1") then 
  strOS = "Win8"
Since you are only exporting, this should be the only change that is needed.  If you were doing other functions, you would need to edit those.
2. Edit "GPOPack.wsf" in your newly created GPO Pack to provide support for 8.1 (and optionally 2012 R2) in the same way you did above.
3. Copy your GPO Pack to your deployment share
4. Edit "ZTIApplyGPOPack.wsf" to provide support for 8.1 (and optionally 2012 R2) using the same copy, paste, and edit technique that was used above.  The section should look similar to below:
If (Left(sOSVersion,3) = "6.3") and oEnvironment.Item("IsServerOS") then 
sOS = "WS2012R2"
oLogging.CreateEntry "Using Default Windows Server 2012 R2 GPO Pack", LogTypeInfo
ElseIf (Left(sOSVersion,3) = "6.3") and Not(oEnvironment.Item("IsServerOS")) then 
sOS = "Win81"
oLogging.CreateEntry "Using Default Windows 8.1 GPO Pack", LogTypeInfo
ElseIf (Left(sOSVersion,3) = "6.2") and oEnvironment.Item("IsServerOS") then 
sOS = "WS2012"
oLogging.CreateEntry "Using Default Windows Server 2012 GPO Pack", LogTypeInfo
ElseIf (Left(sOSVersion,3) = "6.2") and Not(oEnvironment.Item("IsServerOS")) then 
sOS = "Win8"
oLogging.CreateEntry "Using Default Windows 8 GPO Pack", LogTypeInfo
5. If you use the standard naming convention for your GPO Pack, you are done.  In other words, if you name your GPO Pack "Win81-MDTGPOPack", then you don't have to worry about adding anything to your customsettings.ini.  It will automatically know
to use this one for your Windows 8.1 Task Sequences.
It would be nice if Microsoft fixed all this in the next update of MDT2013 and SCM.
Hope this helps