September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
88h 3m
English
Windows Server 2008 introduced a new tool called Windows Deployment Services (WDS), which was formerly known as Remote Installation Services (RIS) in earlier versions of Windows Server. Unlike RIS, which was focused primarily on scripted installations and client images, WDS in Windows Server 2012 can distribute images of Windows 7 and Windows 8 clients or Windows Server 2008 and 2012 servers in a significantly more flexible and modifiable deployment process.
Like RIS, WDS allows a client system to initiate a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), effectively “booting” to the WDS server to see a list of images that can be deployed on the system. Alternatively, an organization can create a Windows PE boot disc ...
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