Friday, February 14, 2014

Windows Deployment Services (WDS) Installation & Configuration in Server 2012

Windows Deployment Services (WDS) enables you to deploy Windows operating systems over the network, which means that you do not have to install each operating system directly from  a  DVD or USB drive.

Benefits of Windows Deployment Services. 

1. Allows network-based installation of Windows operating systems, which reduces the complexity and cost when compared to manual installations.

2.  Supports deploying images for mixed environments including Windows 7and Windows Server 2008 R2 through Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

3.  Uses standard Windows Setup technologies including Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), .wim files, and image-based setup.

4. Transmits data and images by using multicast functionality.

5. Allows you to create images of a reference computer using the Image Capture Wizard, which is an alternative to the ImageX tool

6. Allows you to add driver packages to the server and configure them to be deployed to client computers along with the install image.

To know more about WDS  visit microsoft..  Technet.microsoft.com



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