1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:04,250 Automating Windows installations includes adding custom 2 00:00:04,250 --> 00:00:07,850 images with preinstalled software and applying an answer 3 00:00:07,850 --> 00:00:11,040 file so it can do the work for you. 4 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:14,090 I'm booting into the pre‑execution environment so I can connect 5 00:00:14,090 --> 00:00:16,710 to my Windows Deployment Services server, 6 00:00:16,710 --> 00:00:19,500 and we're going to see an IP address here shortly 7 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:22,480 followed by the prompt to press F12. 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:23,390 Then I'll connect up, 9 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:25,800 and I'm going to install Windows 10 using just the 10 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,240 plain standard install.wim file, 11 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:32,540 and then I'm going to go ahead and boot into it and just 12 00:00:32,540 --> 00:00:34,740 confirm that that all works right. 13 00:00:34,740 --> 00:00:37,150 Then I'm going to also do the same thing, 14 00:00:37,150 --> 00:00:40,220 but I'm going to connect to the custom image that 15 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:42,140 already has software installed. 16 00:00:42,140 --> 00:00:43,610 Here's the Windows 10. 17 00:00:43,610 --> 00:00:47,260 It should now connect into Windows Deployment Services server. 18 00:00:47,260 --> 00:00:48,800 You can see it's loading the files. 19 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,020 And this can definitely take some time. 20 00:00:51,020 --> 00:00:54,210 It really depends on the speed of the server and the 21 00:00:54,210 --> 00:00:55,880 computers that you're connecting to. 22 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,160 But typically it's anywhere from about 10 minutes 23 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,490 all the way up to about an hour. 24 00:00:59,490 --> 00:01:01,500 Windows has been installed, 25 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:04,110 and it's now booting into Windows 10 for the first time. 26 00:01:04,110 --> 00:01:06,760 And I'm now logged into Windows after answering all the 27 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,440 typical questions after installation. 28 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,200 I'm back in my Windows Deployment Services server, 29 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,500 and before I put into my custom installation, 30 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:18,440 I want to right‑click on the server and go to Properties. 31 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,700 Then I'll go over to the Client tab, 32 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:25,620 and I saved my auto unattend file inside this particular 33 00:01:25,620 --> 00:01:28,340 server in my RemoteInstall folder. 34 00:01:28,340 --> 00:01:31,120 So I'm going to go to the RemoteInstall folder, 35 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:35,720 which is in the root of the C drive, double‑click my WdsClientUnattend, 36 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,420 and grab my file and Apply. 37 00:01:38,420 --> 00:01:42,050 Now any customizations that I've created inside this auto unattend, 38 00:01:42,050 --> 00:01:44,860 such as turning on the firewall automatically, 39 00:01:44,860 --> 00:01:46,800 putting in the username and the password, 40 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,240 etc, maybe even changing the name of the computer, 41 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:54,730 and hundreds of other settings that can be set up using 42 00:01:54,730 --> 00:01:57,180 the Windows Automated Deployment Kit, 43 00:01:57,180 --> 00:02:00,100 and they're now going to be applied to this custom image 44 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:02,340 when I boot up using the PXE boot. 45 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:06,390 So I'm going to switch back over to the client computer and get that started. 46 00:02:06,390 --> 00:02:07,280 Once again, 47 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:09,500 we're going to get our IP address and then we're going to boot 48 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:12,540 into our Windows Deployment Services server. 49 00:02:12,540 --> 00:02:17,850 So we should see the IP address and the option to boot using F12 here shortly. 50 00:02:17,850 --> 00:02:26,240 And there it is, and now it's contacting the server. 51 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,160 Now I'm going to choose my Windows 2022, 52 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,740 and it's going to come up with the images that I've saved 53 00:02:31,740 --> 00:02:34,540 in this particular group here shortly. 54 00:02:34,540 --> 00:02:37,130 I'm now presented with a list of different operating systems. 55 00:02:37,130 --> 00:02:40,070 I want to choose my Win22 Custom image. 56 00:02:40,070 --> 00:02:45,150 Click Next, and I'll choose the Unallocated Space and click Next. 57 00:02:45,150 --> 00:02:48,490 And now it's actually running the installation, 58 00:02:48,490 --> 00:02:50,950 and this could take another 10 minutes up to an hour 59 00:02:50,950 --> 00:02:53,070 depending on the speed of your computer. 60 00:02:53,070 --> 00:02:56,290 Windows Server was installed using the custom image, and now it's booting up 61 00:02:56,290 --> 00:02:58,800 for the first time. And now we're at the startup screen. 62 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,660 These are questions I actually did not answer in the auto unattend 63 00:03:02,660 --> 00:03:07,640 answer file, but there are other questions that I did. 64 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,710 I'm going to skip the license for now, we're going to license that 65 00:03:10,710 --> 00:03:15,150 later. Click Accept. It's adding in the personalized settings that 66 00:03:15,150 --> 00:03:18,650 I had set up in my auto unattend, and soon it'll be done, I'll be 67 00:03:18,650 --> 00:03:19,880 able to start using it. 68 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,980 One of the things I want to check is if it has the application that I 69 00:03:23,980 --> 00:03:27,920 installed on the custom install that was created earlier, 70 00:03:27,920 --> 00:03:29,970 which was PuTTY. If it did, 71 00:03:29,970 --> 00:03:34,000 that means that any applications that you can install ahead of time 72 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,740 and then you can Sysprep and then custom use will then be able to be 73 00:03:38,740 --> 00:03:41,510 added into a custom image that you can assign to various different 74 00:03:41,510 --> 00:03:45,940 departments or by operating system. 75 00:03:45,940 --> 00:03:51,210 I'll go down to the Start button, and there is PuTTY. 76 00:03:51,210 --> 00:03:55,040 And I can go ahead and start using it. 77 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:59,410 Popular programs that you may want to preinstall will be Microsoft Office, 78 00:03:59,410 --> 00:04:03,640 and that would include the entire Office suite and possibly any other custom 79 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,240 applications that you might use in your office. 80 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,380 Since this is a server, 81 00:04:07,380 --> 00:04:11,640 you may also consider Microsoft SQL or some other server application. 82 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:22,000 Installing basic and custom operating systems using Windows Deployment Server can be a big timesaver for you and your company.