Lesson 1: Deploying and Managing Server Images

Deployment Server

Provides full functionality of WDS. It includes an image repository (including boot images, install images, and other files necessary for remote installation over a network), PXE server for remote computers to boot, and a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server to transfer files over the network.

Transport Server

While required by the Deployment Server, the __ __ role is a subset of WDS functionality, but can also be used for custom solutions.

Windows Imaging Format (WIM)

a file format that allows a file structure (folders and files) to be stored inside a single WIM database.

System Image Manager (SIM)

a tool used to create and manage unattended Windows setup answer files using a graphical interface.

multicasting

allows one set of packets to be sent to multiple computers simultaneously.

dynamic driver provisioning

allows you to add driver packages to WDS and then deploy them when you deploy an image.

driver group

is a collection of driver packages.

Deployment Image Servicing and Managment (Dism.exe)

is a command-line tool that can be used to service a Windows image or to prepare a Windows PE image.

image group

is a folder within the image repository of WDS that shares security options and file resources.

Windows Preinstallation Enviroment (Windows PE)

is a minimal Windows operating system with limited services.

Windows Assessment and Deplotment kit (ADK)

is a set of tools provided by Microsoft to customize, assess, and deploy a Windows operating system to new computers.

Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

is a software platform and technology that allows you to perform automated network-based installations based on network-based boot and installation media.

preboot execution environment (PXE)

is a technology that boots computers using the network interface without a data storage device, such as a hard drive or an installed operating system.

discover image

is an image file that you can burn to a CD-ROM or other boot medium. When you boot the client computer using the __ __ disk, the computer loads Windows PE, connects to a specified WDS server, and proceeds with the operating system installation process.

image file

is basically a snapshot of a computer's hard drive taken at a particular moment in time. The __ __ is sometimes referred to as an install image and is used to install an operating system.

System Preparation Utility (Sysprep.exe)

prepares a Windows computer for cloning by removing specific computer information such as the computer name and Security Identifier (SID).

answer files

provide responses to the prompts that would normally appear during the Windows installation.

boot image

starts the operating system installation.

install image

starts the operating system installation.

Windows Deployment Services Capture Utility

will create an image file and write it to the computer's drive, which will eventually be copied to the WDS server. You can then use it to be deployed to other computers.