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Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Automating and Customizing Installations

Brief Description
This book provides comprehensive information about planning, designing, and implementing automated installations in medium and large organizations. Options range from automated installations of a basic operating system to complex installations of a customized operating system and applications.

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Version:1.0
Date Published:4/14/2004
Language:English
Download Size:23 KB - 16.1 MB*
*Download size depends on selected download components.

Overview

This book provides comprehensive information about planning, designing, and implementing automated installations in medium and large organizations. Options range from automated installations of a basic operating system to complex installations of a customized operating system and applications. The technologies and tools discussed in this book include: unattended installation, image-based installation with the System Preparation (Sysprep) tool, and Remote Installation Services (RIS). IT professionals can use the guidelines discussed in this book to create a functional specification that describes how to automate the installation of Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional.

This page contains the following files for download:
  • Book Cover (front)
  • Introduction
  • Ch 1: Choosing an Automated Installation Method
  • Ch 2: Designing Unattended Installations
  • Ch 3: Designing Image-based Installations with SysPrep
  • Ch 4: Designing RIS Installations
  • Ch 5: Migrating User State
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Entire book as a .zip file
  • Job aids and worksheets to use with the book
  • Sample scripts for RIS installations

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Word or Word Viewer


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Instructions

  1. To download the entire book, click the .zip file in the list below. To download just one element of the book, click the file name for that element from the list below.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
    • To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.

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Files in This Download

The links in this section correspond to separate files available in this download. Download the files most appropriate for you.
File Name:File Size

01_Front.doc

146 KB

02_Intro.doc

1.3 MB

03_CHAPTER_1_Choosing_an_Automated_Installation_Method.doc

956 KB

04_CHAPTER_2_Designing_Unattended_Installations.doc

1.8 MB

05_CHAPTER_3_Designing_Image_based_Installations_with_Sysprep.doc

1.5 MB

06_CHAPTER_4_Designing_RIS_Installations.doc

2.2 MB

07_CHAPTER_5_Migrating_User_State.doc

1.0 MB

08_Glossary.doc

123 KB

09_Index.doc

178 KB

Automating_and_Customizing_Installations.zip

6.5 MB

Job_Aids_Automating_and_Customizing_Installations.zip

329 KB

Sample_RIS_Scripts.zip

23 KB

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