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 | Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Automating and Customizing Installations |
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.
- 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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Files
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 01_Front.docSHA1: 399dbc7f6e6344b1614f207703edd8f9e2f311e6 | 27 KB |
| 02_Intro.doc SHA1: 3ae262918db6796e33abd099cdc64dad692764d6 | 1.13 MB |
| 03_CHAPTER_1_Choosing_an_Automated_Installation_Method.doc SHA1: dd4a89b247645a2b9ce360e294ee3d517d4e4887 | 767 KB |
| 04_CHAPTER_2_Designing_Unattended_Installations.doc SHA1: b8e152bc61933ff3b35fac9381c53ceebfc4149a | 1.25 MB |
| 05_CHAPTER_3_Designing_Image_based_Installations_with_Sysprep.doc SHA1: fd49ae40a14e56cd30ca606802ba2c6f30ffdf9a | 1.10 MB |
| 06_CHAPTER_4_Designing_RIS_Installations.doc SHA1: 34e8d75455146ef4e6941de99d6b229fdb3ca6e9 | 1.41 MB |
| 07_CHAPTER_5_Migrating_User_State.doc SHA1: 1c6e7a361b6dad08193016b75ba62ccd5f883a40 | 812 KB |
| 08_Glossary.doc SHA1: 3838e2f440777dd9bc1961f8c306d46173c2ce7f | 27 KB |
| 09_Index.doc SHA1: 02b2a5573d9c9b5761a3ecd6bb2308517713cbef | 33 KB |
 Automating_and_Customizing_Installations.zipSHA1: a623d92d0608a7f0a6ca2a2f2cf86c566cc86af6 | 6.52 MB |
| Job_Aids_Automating_and_Customizing_Installations.zip SHA1: f8a88c49152f3b2e3719ecafdeb09bf693704860 | 326 KB |
| Sample_RIS_Scripts.zip SHA1: 7a1613e540d18d47e8a21868fa84588abcce4b12 | 24 KB |
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System Requirements
Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003
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