The last time I set up our Server 2012R2-based WDS server, I somehow got it to automatically fill in the server/share name prompt the clients see after they PXE boot. After installing the necessary ...

Learn how to utilize a free component of Windows Server to deploy Windows Vista quickly to multiple computers. If you need to install Microsoft Windows on more than a handful of computers, roaming the ...

The previous article in this series discussed the process of configuring MDT with the operating system (OS) and drivers required for a computer to be successfully deployed. By leveraging the network, ...

Microsoft's Windows Deployment Services can help you standardize deployment of new and refreshed equipment. Here's what you need to know about the installation and configuration processes. Ask any ...

Why: "While you might hear that deploying Windows using images is obsolete ('just use Autopilot'), there are a number of scenarios where that's not the case." Register to attend Live! 360, taking ...

Windows Assessment Toolkit – assesses the quality of systems or components Windows Performance Toolkit – assesses the performance of systems or components. A built-in management component to ...

I decided to update our WDS server to 2016 and use the new ADK that allows me to use build 1809. I downloaded the ISO from windows and found that instead of a .wim file there is a .esd file for ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...

Sometimes you might have to migrate your services from one Server to another because of security compliance, end-of-life, load increase, or more. In this post, we will discuss how you can migrate WDS ...

Microsoft sees the Windows 7 deployment process as moving from imaging to delivery to migration. Additionally, Microsoft includes some integrated tools to assuage pain points for VARs and other IT ...

Many IT admins these days are looking to cut costs and save time, yet it seems like they face an ever-growing list of users to migrate or set up. If this sounds familiar, Prowess SmartDeploy ...