Chapter 5. Getting Started

The first four chapters of the book have dealt with abstract planning. This chapter delves into the specific details of planning and implementing a deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, or any other recent version of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

Installing Windows manually is a time-consuming task on a single system; deploying it to a group of computers is a mind-numbing experience unless you automate the process. Fortunately, there are numerous ways to automate the deployment of Windows. These methods range from using simple answer files that run Windows Setup in unattended ...

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