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STEP-BY-STEP WDS SETUP

You may get this error if you attempt to install on the system volume. The installation will proceed regardless, though.

Both the checkboxes below must be checked if you are running a DHCP server on this machine as well. The required configurations will be auto-configured .

You should go ahead and add all the images which will be installed via this WDS

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You can also choose to add the images from the Windows Deployment Services console window once WDS installation is complete.

It’s a good idea to name the image group with the name of the Windows version

You will need to browse to the Sources folder and select the install.wim file

CREATING MULTICAST TRANSMISSION Multicasting allows you to push installation images to multiple PXE clients without hogging available bandwidth. You need to setup a separate multicast transmission for each type of image

Multicasting can be configured to occur automatically when a client or a number of clients request the image or it can occur on a set schedule

CONFIGURING WDS PROPERTIES Here are some common configuration settings for the WDS service

AUTHORIZING PENDING DEVICES Once a PXE client boots up, it will request an image. If you chose the setting requiring admin approval, then you will see the following message under pending devices folder.

Right click on the request and select approve