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1. Inside Windows 8 – Mastering
Windows Deployment Services
and MDT 2012 Update 1
Johan Arwidmark
Chief Technical Architect, Knowledge Factory
Twitter: @jarwidmark

2. I live here ...

3. Now!
MDT 2012
Troubleshooting
WDS Internals
WDS Setup

4. WDS Requirements
• DHCP, DNS, Active Directory (sort of)
WDS/DHCP DC/DNS DC/DNS
DHCP DNS DNS
Clients DC
WDS DC

5. demo
WDS Setup

6. WDS Scenarios
• Bare Metal Deployments
– Setup.exe + Unattend.xml (Default or Custom image)
– Designed for little or no customizations
– VERY Basic Driver Provisioning
• Vista and higher only
– Language Packs
– Multicast Support
– Capture and Deploy
• Including Legacy Operating Systems

7. demo
WDS Scenarios

8. Automating WDS
• Automating the Network Boot
• Automating the selection of the boot
image
• Creating Unattend Files
– WDS Client unattend file
• Automates the WDS client user interface screens
– Image unattend file
• Automates remaining phases of setup

9. demo
Automating WDS

10. Using WDS without AD
• Sometimes called Simple TFTP
• In Windows Server 2012, very easy

11. demo
WDS without Active
Directory

12. Extending WDS with MDT 2012
• Additional Scenarios
– Advanced Drivers Provisioning
– Superior Refresh and Replace
• Pre-OS Tasks
– RAID config / Dynamic Paritioning
• Post-OS Tasks
– Configuring Settings, Installing Updates /
Applications

13. demo
Extending WDS with
MDT 2012 Update 1

14. Summary
• If objSingleThickImage = ”Yes”
’ with little or no need for customizations
– Use WDS as it is
• Else
– Extend/integrate WDS with MDT 2012 U1
• End If

15. Resources –
Trainings, Videos, books
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