Installing And Configuring Windows
Deployment Services
In this post we will see how to install and
configure Windows Deployment Services.
Windows Deployment Services is a technology
from Microsoft t for network- based installation of
Windows operating systems.
In windows server 2003 it was called as Remote
Installation Services (RIS). The purpose of
WDS is to remotely deploy the windows
operating systems,
Windows Deployment Services role in server 2008
R2 enables.
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you to efficiently deploy Windows operating
systems, particularly Windows 7, Windows
Vista and Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows
Deployment Services role can be used to set
up new computers through a network- based
installation without the IT Professional having
to be physically present at each computer and
without having to install directly f rom CD or
DVD media
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Lab Setup – I have setup 2 virtual machines, the f irst
virtual machine is installed with Windows Server 2008
R2 Enterprise SP1 OS and its our domain controller.
The second virtual machine is installed with Windows
Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 OS and its our WDS
server. The DHCP server role has been installed on the
domain controller, this DHCP service will provide IP
addresses to the other machines.
On the server where you are installing Windows
Deployment Services role, launch the Server
Manager, right click on Roles, click on Add Roles. On
the Server Roles page, select Windows Deployment
Services. Click on Next.
On the Role Services page, the Deployment
Server and Transport Server roles are
checked by def ault. Click on Next.
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Once the installation is complete click on close.
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If you are looking f or command line
installation of WDS server, then use the below
command. Open the powershell and run the
command ServerManagerCmd - install
WDS.
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Click on Start , click on Administrative
Tools, click on Windows Deployment
Services. On the WDS console , expand
Servers, right click on the WDS server and
click on Configure Server.
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Read the requirements once bef ore you click
next
Choose the Remote Installation Folder
location on other drive. The f older contains
the boot images, install images, so make sure
this drive has enough space to hold the data.
Click on Next .
Select Respond to all client computers
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(known and unknown). Click on Next .
Uncheck the checkbox f or Add images to
the server now. We will add the images in
the next step. Click
In this step we will add Boot Image and
Install Image . Boot images are images that
you boot a client computer into to perf orm
an operating system installation. To add the
boot image, right click Boot Images and
click on Add Boot Image .
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Browse to the location where the operating
system installation f iles are stored. In this
example we will importing [Link] f rom
windows 7 prof essional SP1 64 bit DVD as
boot image. The [Link] f ile can be f ound
under f older named Sources. Select
[Link] and click on Open.
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Enter the name f or the boot image. Click on
Next
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We have imported or added a boot image to
our WDS server. Click on Finish.
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The boot image can be seen under Boot
Images f older.
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To add the Install image, right click Install
Image, click on Add Install Image , provide
a name and create a new Image Group.
Click on Next .
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Now we have to select and add the Install
image. Install images are the operating
system images that you deploy to the client
computer. Click on Browse and the select
[Link]. Click on Open.
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In the below screenshot we will select all the
editions of windows 7 that are listed. click on
Next.
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Click on Finish to close the Add Image
Wizard.
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Lets conf igure the WDS server properties
now. Launch the Windows Deployment
Services Console , right click the WDS
server and click on Properties. Click on
Boot and make sure Require the user to
press the F12 key to continue the PXE
boot is selected f or known and unknown
clients.
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Click on PXE Response and make sure that
Respond to all client computers (known
and unknown) is selected. Click on Apply
and Okay
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