Windows Deployment Services

The Windows Deployment Services WDS short (English, Windows Deployment Services ), are the successors of the introduced with Windows 2000 RIS service ( Remote Installation Services). The WDS services provide both the old RIS functionality, as well as a new, Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows 7 developed, Image method in compatibility mode ( Mixed Mode ).

Benefits

• Quick for mass rollouts
• Future Microsoft installation method
• Graphical User Interface
• Hotfixes, applications, drivers, and can not be influenced by Group Policy settings can be integrated into the image
• ISO boot images for computer
• Multicast transmissions when used on Windows Server 2008. This new clients can always engage in the transmission ( the server starts at the end of the transfer easy again until all clients are refueled )

Disadvantages

• Client computer requires at least 512 MB of RAM
• Boot time up to image selection takes about 2-3 minutes
• More network traffic when isolated computer be reinstalled (about 800 MB for a Windows XP base installation )

Known Bugs

• The implementation of the program from English to other languages ​​is incomplete. So texts are cut off, for example, in some dialog windows. To create computer accounts on the WDS console, instead of the language-neutral Well known SID "S -1-5 -domain- 512 " always the group "Domain Admins " is used, however, only exists when the domain was created on an English Windows.

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