It??™s a minimal install of a Windows system that is based on the kernel of the Windows
operating system in addition to some necessary services.
BENEFITS OF USING WINDOWS
DEPLOYMENT SERVICES
The fact that WDS is available for free as part of Windows Server 2008 is a huge benefit.
Although it may not be the most feature-rich of all the different OS deployment solutions
on the market, it??™s a good solution for quickly deploying Windows Server and Workstation
operating systems with a great deal of automation at no additional cost. WDS offers
the following benefits:
?–? Can be used to deploy Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003,
and Windows Server 2008 to bare-metal computers
?– Designed and built on top of the core Windows setup technologies (Windows
PE, WIM, and image-based setup)
?– Can be used to reprovision workstations and servers with a previous operating
system to Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
?– Offers improved management capabilities: WDS can be managed both from an
MMC snap-in and through the command line with WDSUTIL.EXE
?– Integrates with Active Directory
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?– Scalable Windows PE environment supports plug-ins using an open API for
standards-based support
?–? Can transmit data and images via multicast
SCENARIOS FOR WINDOWS DEPLOYMENT SERVICES
If you don??™t already have a system ???imaging??? or operating system deployment solution
in place, WDS can drastically reduce the time it takes to deploy Windows-based operating
systems in your environment.
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