This topic contains procedures for performing common tasks using
Windows Deployment Services MMC snap-in. and the WDSUTIL command
line tool. The management tasks that you can perform with these
tools fall into the following categories:
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Example tasks |
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How to Manage
Your Server
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- Initialize and uninitialize a server
- View configuration information about the
server
- Start/stop or enable/disable a server
- Update the RemoteInstall folder
- Set advanced server settings
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How to Manage
Client Computers
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- Create and delete prestaged accounts in
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- View information about prestaged
computers
- Configure settings for prestaged
computers
- Reject/approve pending computers
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How to Manage
Images
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- View information about images and image
groups
- Create images
- Add, copy, export, remove, update images from
the image store
- Set attributes and associate unattend files
for install images.
- Convert RIPREP images
- Add and remove image groups
- Set attributes of an image group
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How to Create
Multicast Transmissions
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- Create multicast transmissions
- Manage multicast transmissions
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How to Modify
the BCD Store Using Bcdedit
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- To view the contents of the BCD store
- To configure the default selection time-out
value
- To configure a localized boot manager
experience
- To configure the TFTP block size and window
size
- To configure Windows debugger options
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