Automated Deployment of Windows 7 and Application Software on Large Installations of Computers Having Similar Hardware
Keywords:
Deployment, operating system, WDS, WAIK, cloning, imaging, automated installation, PXE, VPro.Abstract
This paper describes an automated procedure to
deploy a large number of identical computers with Windows 7
(preferably OEM version) along with a wide variety of
application software. The normal Windows Deployment
Service (WDS) has been tweaked with, to get a methodology
which is suitable for a customized deployment. A quick
overview of the setup, the scripts involved and overall
methodology has been presented. The advantages over
deployment method using conventional WDS and Windows
Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) have been explained.
Finally, the possibility to harness Intel vPro technology to
remotely deploy the computers has been discussed.
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