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What is Windows Deployment Services?

Windows Deployment Services is the updated version of Remote Installation Services (RIS). Windows Deployment Services assists with the rapid adoption and deployment of Windows operating systems. You can use it to set up new computers through a network-based installation without having to be physically present at each computer and without having to install directly from CD media.

Windows Deployment Services is the feature name for a suite of components that enable the deployment of Windows operating systems, particularly Windows Vista®. These components are organized by the three categories:

•	Server components: These components include a Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE) server and Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server for network booting a client to load and install an operating system. Also included is a shared folder and p_w_picpath repository that contains boot p_w_picpaths, installation p_w_picpaths, and files that you need specifically for a network boot.
•	Client components: These components include a graphical user interface that runs within the Windows Pre-Installation Environment (Windows PE) and communicates with the server components to select and install an operating system p_w_picpath.
•	Management components: These components are a set of tools that you use to manage the server, operating system p_w_picpaths, and client computer accounts.

What’s new in Windows Deployment Services?

Windows Deployment Services includes the Windows Deployment Services Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, which enables you to manage all Windows Deployment Services features. Windows Deployment Services also includes changes to the RIS feature set. These changes include the following:

•	Support the deployment of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems.
•	Native support for Windows PE as a boot operating system.
•	Native support for the Windows Imaging (WIM) file format.
•	An extensible and higher-performing PXE server component.
•	A new client menu for selecting boot operating systems.