WINDOWS DEPLOYMENT SERVICES (WDS):-

• Windows Deployment Services enables you to deploy Windows operating systems, particularly Windows Seven and Windows Server 2008.

• You can use it to set up new computers by using a network-based installation. This means that you do not have to be physically present at each computer and you do not have to install each operating system directly from a CD or DVD.

Required of WDS-Deployment Server:-

• DHCP Server

• DNS Server

• Active Directory – Domain Services

• An NTFS Partition to Store images

How WDS Work? :-

Types of Clients:-
1. Known Clients

• A Known Client is one whose computer account has been pre-created (Pre-staged) in Active directory.

2. Un-known Client

• A UN-Know Client Computer is one whose computer account has been per-staged in Active directory.

Types of Images:-
1. Boot Image

• It is a WIM file you can use to boot a computer to begin the deployment of an O.S to the computer.

2. Install Images

• It is a image of windows Vista or Windows server 2008 O.S itself that you want to deploy onto the client computer.

3. Capture Image

• It is a special boot image that you use to boot a master computer and upload an image to WDS server.

4. Discover Image

• It is a boot that you to deploy that you use to deploy an install image onto a computer that is not PXE enabled.