Deploy Windows 10 Using WDS

Deploy Windows 10 using
WDS
Pt0 - Preparing Simulated Environment
1. Create 2 virtual machines in VirtualBox: one server VM and one client
VM. Copy Win2012R2.vdi from learn drive and import it to the server
VM. Change network adapters to Internal Network for both VMs.
2. Copy en_windows_10_multiple_editions_x64_dvd_6846432.iso from

the learn drive to your computer.
3. Start the server VM and login. Password is Pa$$word.
Pt1- Installing Active Directory and DHCP Server

Roles
Set a static IP address on the network adapter
1. Change configuration for the network adapter, use static IP address.
2. Open the server manager, select Add Roles and Features
3. On the Before You Begin screen select next
4. Select Role-based or feature-based installation and click the next

button.
5. Select the server that you want to install the role on and click the next
button
6. On the next screen tick Active Directory Domain Services and DHCP
Server.
7. On the next screens leave the default settings and select next and then
install.8.
8. Once the installation of DHCP and Active Directory roles is complete you
will get a notification in the Server Manager console to Promote this
server to a domain controller and to Complete DHCP configuration. You
can to run the Promote this server to a domain controller first, click on
that.
9. This will bring up the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration

Wizard. You want to select Add a new forest and give the domain a
name. It is better to use the <domain name>.local or a subdomain of a
domain that you control. Then select next.
10. Next choose the forest function level. Select Windows Server 2012 R2,
give the domain a DSRM password (you need to provide this password for
the client VM later) and select next.
11. Leave the rest of the settings as default and keep clicking next though
the wizard. At the end of the configuration wizard you will be signed out
and the server will be rebooted. Once the server is rebooted it will be a
domain controller.
12. Log into the server and open DHCP in the start menu. You will notice
that it is not configured yet. Right click on IPv4 and select New Scope.
13. This will open the New Scope Wizard, give the scope a name and
description and click next.
14. Now you will need to set the IP range. To do this enter a start IP and
end IP that is on the same subnet as you. You will want to make sure that
these IP addresses are available.
15. The next screen allows you to add any exclusions to the IP range. You
can leave it unchanged this time. Select next.
16. Set your lease duration time and select next.
17. Configure the scope options, this is where you configure your router
and default gateway address (10.10.0.10) and anything else that needs to
be allocated by DHCP. Go through these settings and allocate as needed
for your network.
Now you will be able to see your DHCP scope in the DHCP console.
Pt2 - Install and configure Windows Deployment

Services
Install Windows Deployment Services
1. Open the Server Manager and click the Manage button in Server
Manager, select Add roles and features.
2. On the Select installation type page, select Role-based or feature-based
installation and select next.
3. Select your server and click next
4. On the Select server roles page, tick Windows Deployment Services box,
a box will pop up saying Add features that are required for Windows
Deployment Services? click the Add Features and click next.
5. On the Select features page, click next.
6. On the role services page, make sure both Deployment Server and
Transport Server are ticked and click next.
7. On the Confirm installation selections page, click the install button.
8. When the installation process completes successfully, click the Close
button and go to the Server Manager screen.
9. Now the Windows Deployment Services role is installed.
Configuring Windows Deployment Services

1. In the Server Manager click the Tools button in the top right hand corner
and select Windows Deployment Services, this will open the WDS console.
2. Expand servers, right click on your server name and click Configure
Server.
3. Read over the Before you begin screen and confirm that your
configuration meets the requirements and select next.
4. On the Install Options page you will need to select integrated with
Active directory and click the next button.
5. On the Remote Installation Folder Location, select the location where
you want to keep all of that Windows Images and configuration files and
select next.
6. On the PXE Server Initial Settings page Select the appropriate setting
that you want. Select respond to all client computers (known and
unknown) because we want to be able to deploy images to any computer
on the network.
7. Tick the box Add images to the server now and select Finish. This will
now pop up with the options to Add images to your WDS server.
Adding Images to Windows Deployment Services

1. Insert your Windows 10 ISO image to the server VM. In the following
steps you need to add the install.wim and boot.wim file to WDS from the
Windows 10 installation media.
2. Inside of the Windows Deployment Services pane expand out your
server name in the left hand side, right click on Install Images and select
Add Install Image
3. Name your image group and click the next button.
4. Click browse on the Image Files page and navigate to your DVD drive,
go to the sources folder and select install.wim .
5. Click open and select next.
6. This page will give you the Available images, your installation media
may have more than one image available, select whichever ones you want
to be able to deploy and then click next.
7. On the summary page, click next. This will now take a little while to
check the integrity of the images
8. Once that is finished you will be able to look inside of the Install Images
folder and see you image group, if you select your image group it will have
the install images that you have added in there.
9. Now all you have to do is add the boot.wim file. To do this right click on
Boot Images, and select Add Boot Image, then run though the same steps
that you did when adding your install.wim except select boot.wim.
Deploy Windows 10 to Client VM
1. Open settings for client VM, make Network boot be the first in Boot
Order box. Click OK.
2. You should see the following screen. Select appropriate options and
provide the username (Test\administrator) and password (the password
you set earlier).
3. Continue the rest of installation.

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2. Copy en_windows_10_multiple_editions_x64_dvd_6846432.iso from

Pt1- Installing Active Directory and DHCP Server

2. Open the server manager, select Add Roles and Features

3. On the Before You Begin screen select next

4. Select Role-based or feature-based installation and click the next

9. This will bring up the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration

Pt2 - Install and configure Windows Deployment

Configuring Windows Deployment Services

Adding Images to Windows Deployment Services

3. Continue the rest of installation.

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