Kastang Ramblings of a Geek

Windows Deployment Service

The past few days I have been working with Windows Deployment Service (WDS) copying images to 60 laptops. I am not normally a big fan of Windows products but I have to say it is a very nice program. Where I work we have a server running with several different images for different computers. Connect to the server is as easy as booting from the NIC. The install time is minimal and requires very minimal configuration (Only configuration options needed is naming the computer), using Gigabit switches, the total install takes less then 15 minutes. I did 15 computers at a time, I could have done all 60 at once, but due to room 15 was the maximum I could do.

I have used a similar service in the past called Ghost. It is a similar program that copies images from a server to a computer. I find the WDS has a much easier to manage interface and has more options then Ghost does. This is just another thing to add to the list of ever growing things I am learning at my summer job!