MDT 2010 can also use Windows 7 installation images from Windows Deployment Services. By doing so, you can use installation sources that already exist in a Windows Deployment Services server without duplicating the files in an MDT 2010 deployment share. This requires that you copy Wdsclientapi.dll, Wdscsl.dll, and Wdsimage.dll from the \Sources folder of the Windows 7 media to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin folder. It also requires that at least one Windows 7 source must exist within the deployment share and that you must create and update a deployment share. MDT 2010 uses the setup program files from the deployment share to install the Windows 7 image from the Windows Deployment Services server. To add images from Windows Deployment Services to an MDT 2010 deployment share, perform the following steps: 1. Add a full set of Windows 7 source files to an MDT 2010 deployment share. See Chap-
ter 6 for more information on this topic. 2. Copy the following files from the \Sources folder of the Windows 7 media to the
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin folder:
• Wdsclientapi.dll • Wdscsl.dll • Wdsimage.dll 3. In the MDT 2010 Deployment Workbench console tree, right-click Operating Systems
under your deployment share and click Import Operating System to start the New Operating System Wizard. 4. On the OS Type page, select Windows Deployment Services Images and then click
Next to add an image from a Windows Deployment Services server to the distribution share. 5. On the WDS Server page, type the name of the Windows Deployment Services server
from which to add the operating system images and then click Finish. 6. Deployment Workbench adds all the installation images it finds in Windows Deployment
Services to the Operating Systems folder.
Summary Windows Deployment Services provides a solution for the network-based installation of Windows 7. It’s built on standard Windows 7 setup technologies, including Windows PE, .wim image files, and image-based setup. Using Windows Deployment Services can help reduce the cost and complexity of Windows 7 deployments. In Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Deployment Services replaces RIS. Windows Deployment Services is also available as an update for Windows Server 2003, and it provides a clear migration path from RIS for customers using legacy RIS images.
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