WDS in Windows Server 2016

Step by Step How to Windows Deployment Services (WDS) in Windows Server 2016

what is Windows Deployment Services?

With the increase in the number of information technology (IT) solutions in organizations, the number of physical and virtual server images have also increased. Due to this situation, operating system deployments take longer to complete and require valuable organizational resources. As a result, companies are looking for new ways to automate the server deployment process.

Virtual machine environments have become ubiquitous in the datacenter, and having the ability to deploy virtual server roles and workloads while deploying operating systems is an important part of the deployment process.

It provides the following functions:

• Allows you to perform network-based operating system installations.

• Simplifies the deployment process.

• Supports deployment to computers that have no installed operating system.

• Provides end-to-end deployment solutions for both client and server computers.

• Uses existing technologies, such as Windows PE, Windows image file (.wim) and virtual hard disk (.vhd and .vhdx) image files, and image-based deployment.

Infrastructure Requirement :

• 1 DC SERVER (DC-CLOUD) ADDS, DNS, DHCP, WDS.
• 1 NewhelpTech Server PC No Operating System

1 – Open Server Manager and then on the Dashboard click Add Roles and Features.

2 – Next, In the Add Roles and Features Wizard box, click Next.

3 – On the Select installation type page, verify that you choose Role-Based or feature-based installation then click Next.

4 – Now select desired server you’d like to install Windows Deployment Services on.

5 – On the Select server roles page, select the Windows Deployment ServicesClick Add Features in the popup window then click Next.

6 – On the Select features box, click Next.

7 – On the WDS box, review the information presented, and then proceed with Next.

8- On the Select role services box, click Next.

9 – On the Confirm installation selections box, click Install.

10 – Once installation of WDS successful, just click Close.

11 – Next step, we need to configure Windows Deployment Services, open your Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Windows Deployment Services.

12 – on the Windows Deployment Services console, double click Servers, then right-click DC-CLOUD.Windows.ae, and then click Configure Server.

13 – On the Before You Begin box, click Next to proceed.

14 – On the Install Options page, verify that you choose Integrated with Active Directory and then click Next.

15 – On the Remote Installation Folder Location page, you can accept the default location which is C:\RemoteInstall and then click Next.

16 – on the System Volume Warning dialog box, click Yes.

17 – Next, on the PXE Server Initial Settings box, click Respond to all client computers (known and unknown), and then click Next, please wait for few second for the process to complete.

18 – Next, on the Operation Complete box, please clear the Add images to the server now check box, and then click Finish. (I will manually add the Server in the next step).

19 – Before we proceed, please make sure that you already insert your Windows Server 2016, either DVD and ISO format if you are using Hyper-V.

20 – Our next step is to add a boot image into WDS console, so in Windows Deployment Services console, double click DC-CLOUD.Windows.ae and then right-click Boot Images, and then click Add Boot Image.

21 – On the Add Image Wizard, on the Image File page, click Browse, then in Select Windows Image File box, double-click DVD Drive (D:), double-click sources folder, and then double-click boot.wim.

22 – On the Image File box, verify the File Location which is D:\sources\boot.wimand then click Next.

23 – On the Image Metadata box, click Next.

24 – On the Summary box, click Next.

25 – On the Task Progress page, click Finish.

26 – Once you successfully completed add a boot image into WDS, next you need to add an install image into WDS, so in the WDS console, right-click Install Images, and then click Add Image Group.

27 – In the Add Image Group box, type Windows Server 2016, and then click OK.

28 – Next, on the WDS console, right-click Windows Server 2016, and then click Add Install Image.

29 – In the Add Image Wizard box, browse to D:\sources\install.wim then click Next.

30 – On the Available Images box, select Windows Server 2016 SERVERDATACENTER only, and then click Next to proceed.

31 – On the Summary box, click Next and wait for few minutes for the process to be completed.

32 – On the Task Progress box, click Finish.

33 – In WDS, right-click DC-CLOUD.Windows.ae, and then click Properties.

we need configure Administrator approval for this deployment to proceed, meaning is I only wants my Sifad NewHelpTech Administrator to deploy this server.

34 – Click the PXE Response tab, and then Select the Require administrator approval for unknown computers check box. On the PXE Response Delay, I choose 3 seconds, and then click OK.

35 – Next, open Windows PowerShell, and type this command :

WDSUTIL /Set-Server /AutoAddPolicy /Message:”Sifad NewhelpTech Server Admin is authorizing this request. Please wait.”

Next, return to our WDS server, what we will do now is to configure a WDS server for multicast transmission (Multi-casting enables you to deploy an image to a large number of client computers without consuming excessive network bandwidth).

36 – In WDS, right-click Multicast Transmissions, and then click Create Multicast Transmission.

37 – Next, on the Transmission Name box, in the Type a name for this transmission field, type NewHelptech Blog Server 2016, and then click Next.

38 – On the Image Selection page, in the Select the image group that contains the image list, click Windows Server 2016, then in the Name list, click Windows Server 2016 SERVERDATACENTER, and then click Next.

39 – On the Multicast Type box, verify that Auto-Cast is selected, and then click Next then Click Finish.

40 – Next, if you using VM as a demo, make sure that you configure the VM for Pre-Boot EXecution Environment (PXE) Booting in your Hyper-V, for example here is my own settings.

41 – Next, turn on the new Server that you want to install the Server 2016 using WDS, in my demo my server will be NewHelpTech Server, when the server turn on, review the Client MAC ADDR, Client IP and Gateway IP, When prompted, press F12 for Network Service Boot.

42 – now you should see the admin approval message.

43 – Now, return to WDS Server, In WDS, click Pending Devices, right-click the pending request, and then click Approve.

In the Pending Device dialog box, click OK.

44 – Next, go to the NewHelpTech Server 2016 and you should see now our NewHelpTech Server 2016 is loading files from the WDS server.

45 – If the loading files successful, WDS Windows Setup box will appear and you can proceed by clicking Next.

46 – Type a User Name and Password on DC-CLOUD Server.

47 – Next, on the Select the operating system you want to install, you should notice that Windows Server 2016 SERVERDATACENTER is listed, then click Next to proceed with installation.

Startup your Server System.

that’s all for now.., any Doubts type a commend..