October 2019
Beginner
426 pages
10h 44m
English
In contrast to a clean installation, an unattended installation involves little or no interactivity during the installation. In conjunction with WDS, it is known as an automated installation and is used to deploy a large number of servers in enterprises. Part of the unattended installation is the answer file. This is an XML file that stores the answers for an installation prompt. You can use Notepad to create an answer file from scratch, or you can download sample answer files from the internet. Additionally, Microsoft provides several tools for automating the installation. Apart from WDS, explained in Performing an installation over a network section, tools such as Windows ADK and ...