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70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012Lab 1Deploying and Managing Server ImagesThis lab contains the following exercises and activities:Exercise 1.1Installing and Configuring Windows Deployment Services

Exercise 1.2Creating Windows Deployment Images

Exercise 1.3Generating an Autounattend.xml file

Exercise 1.4Deploying a Windows Image

Exercise 1.5Updating a Windows Image

Lab Challenge Adding Drivers to a Windows Image

Exercise 1.1Installing and Configuring Windows Deployment Services

Overview

In this exercise, you first create a new server. You then install and configure Windows Deployment Services, so that you can quickly install Windows servers in the future.

Completion time10 minutes

Mindset Question:If you have a network infrastructure in place including a domain controller, a DNS server and a DHCP server, what are the general steps that you need to perform before you deploy Windows using WDS?

17.On the Remote Installation Folder Location page, take a screen shot by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab1_worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.[copy screen shot over this text]

Question 1What is the default path for the remote installation folder?

Question 2Why is the default location not recommended.

22.Take a screen shot of the Windows Deployment Services Configuration Wizard by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab1_worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.[copy screen shot over this text]

Exercise 1.2Creating Windows Deployment Images

Overview

In this exercise, you prepare images (boot images and install images) that will be used to deploy Windows.

Completion time20 minutes

Question 3What drive letter was the ISO file mounted to?

Question 4What is the boot image based on?

Exercise 1.3Generating an Autounattend.xml File

Overview

You are ready to deploy Windows. However, if you install using WDS, you will have to interact with the Windows installation program by choosing applicable settings during the installation process. To help automate the installation, during this exercise, you create an Autoattend.xml file and check a provided Autounattend.xml file.

Completion time20 minutes

Mindset Question:So far, you have installed and configured WDS. However, right now, the WDS server will only allow you to install Windows remotely just as if you booted from the Windows Server 2012 installation disk. What do you need to do to automate the installation?

Generating an Unattend.xml File

Question 5What are the two ways to create or modify an unattend xml file?

Checking a Current Autounattend.xml File

4.Take a screen shot of the Windows System Image Manager interface by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab01_worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. [copy screen shot over this text]

Exercise 1.5Updating a Windows Image

Overview

From time to time, you need to patch a Windows image. During this execise, you add a Windows update package to the install.wim file.

Completion time20 minutes

Mindset Question:You need to update a Windows Image with a critical patch. What are the general steps to add the patch to the Windows image?

7.Take a screen shot of the Package folder by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab01_worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.[copy screen shot over this text]

18.Take a screen shot of the Command Prompt by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab01_worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.[copy screen shot over this text]

Lab REview QuestionsCompletion time10 minutes

1.In Exercise 1.1, what program did you use to install WDS?

2.In Exercise 1.2, what two images did you have to add to the WDS server to handle the Windows installation?

3.In Exercise 1.3, what program did you use to create the unattend file?

4.In Exercise 1.3, what program should you use to verify a unattend file?

5.In Exercise 1.3, how was the Windows System Image Manager installed?

6.In Exercise 1.4, what two places did you have to define an unattend file?

7.In Exercise 1.5, what program did you use to modify a Windows image?

Lab ChallengeAdding Drivers to a Windows Image

Overview

To complete this challenge, you must demonstrate how to add drivers to a Windows image by writing the steps to complete the tasks described in the scenerio. Since the class servers do not have drivers to add, just write the steps as if the drivers actually existed.

Completion time10 minutes

Over the last couple of months, you have been using WDS to deploy Windows Server 2012. Recently, you started to purchase new servers that require additional drivers that are not included with Windows installation. You need to ensure that WDS will deploy these drivers. What should you do?Write out the steps you performed to complete the challenge.