Although there are various methods for creating custom Windows deployment images, the process has gained a reputation for being somewhat tedious and convoluted. That being the case, I wanted to take ...

WDS can be set up via the traditional GUI, but what if you're in an enterprise and have a lot of WDS servers to set up? In that case, PowerShell is a great way to automate the process. Windows ...

Comparing laptops for your remote workers is critical in this work-from-home era, especially if the laptops you’re considering contain a CPU from a different manufacturer than the ones already in your ...

If you receive a message Windows deployment services encountered an error 0xc0000023 when deploying an ISO image, this post will help you resolve the issue. However ...

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a command-line tool built into Windows 10 that allows network administrators to prepare, modify, and repair system images, including Windows ...

Microsoft has upgraded Windows 11 22H2 ADK which allows admins to deploy customized Windows images. The new update brings improvements related to WinPE, System Image Manager, and WPA. Microsoft has ...

I decided to update our WDS server to 2016 and use the new ADK that allows me to use build 1809. I downloaded the ISO from windows and found that instead of a .wim file there is a .esd file for ...

We currently use WDS for new Windows image deployment (and server rebuilds), targeting bare metal (mostly UCS) and HyperV (no SCVMM). If I'm building multiple servers, it can be a little annoying, we ...

In the first installment in this series, I showed you how to install the software that is required for creating a custom Windows deployment image, as well as how to ...