Build a mobile image using a hybrid method

You can take advantage of the benefits offered by both the Windows provisioning framework and MCSF by using a hybrid method to build your customized mobile image. This means that:

• You can use a MCSF customization answer file to fully customize the device hardware and connectivity settings, preload apps, add assets such as ringtones and localized strings, and configure any other MCSF settings not supported in Windows provisioning.

• You can use a Windows provisioning answer file to define the new runtime settings, enterprise policies, enrollment settings, and configure any other mobile settings supported only in Windows Provisioning.

• You can use the Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD) CLI to build your image.

  Note  Only the Windows ICD CLI allows you to use both a MCSF customization answer file and a Windows provisioning answer file to create a customized mobile image.

   

To build a customized mobile image using a hybrid method

Here's the high-level steps you need to take to build a customized mobile image using the Windows ICD CLI:

1. Choose how you define the packages and features contained in your image.

   • You can use BSP.config.xml file - If you select this method, you should already have this as part of your BSP kit or you can generate your own using the configuration tools from the SoC vendor.

   • You can use an OEMInput.xml file and OEMDevicePlatform.xml to define your platform. To do this, follow steps 1-4 in the high-level list of steps in Build a mobile image using ImgGen.cmd.

2. Create your answer files to define the settings that you want to configure for your image.

   • Create a MCSF customization answer file to customize any of the available customizations in the MCSF framework. For more information, see the Customizations for <feature> sections in Customize using the mobile MCSF framework.

   • Create a Windows provisioning answer file to define any of the available settings in the Windows provisioning framework. For more information, see Windows Provisioning settings reference.

   If you are adding multivariant settings in both answer files, verify whether the multivariant rules in both answer files are consistent. See the section Target, TargetState, Condition and priorities in Create a provisioning package with multivariant settings for a list of supported conditions but be sure to follow the schema for the answer file you are creating when you specify your Targets within the answer file.

   Also, make sure there are no duplicated settings in both answer files. You can use the MCSF to Windows Provisioning settings map to help you identify the settings that correspond to each framework.

3. Run the Windows ICD CLI to build the image. For more information, see Build an image for Windows 10 Mobile.

4. Sign the image so that it can be flashed to a device. For more information, see Sign a full flash update (FFU) image.

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Building and flashing mobile images

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