Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Manufacturer-Assisted Installation
Some manufacturers provide automated installation media that, upon boot, prompts the administrator to answer a few questions and the remainder of the installation is automated. This is a very common scenario encountered in the retail sector for home user and business desktops that are shipped with preinstalled operating systems. These types of installations usually include original equipment manufacturer (OEM) licensed software. One important point to note is that when an organization wants to move toward the automated deployment of servers or desktops using an imaging or deployment system, an OEM operating system license and media cannot be used with deployment systems as it usually violates the licensing agreement. ...
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