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of the virtual hard disk, and a -Credential parameter that enables you to provide credentials
as a <PSCredential> object. Additionally, you can specify flags of -IncludeAllSubFeature and
-IncludeManagementTools. By default, the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet installs only the
specific feature or role specified; it does not install any subfeatures or management tools for
the feature.
To install the Windows Deployment Services role, including the management tools on the
trey-wds-11 server, open an elevated Windows PowerShell window and use the following
Windows PowerShell command:
Install-WindowsFeature -Name WDS -ComputerName "trey-wds-11" -IncludeManagementTools
NOTE
USING AND ELEVATED WINDOWS POWERSHELL PROMPT
Many management tasks require administrative privileges. You can either pass in a
PSCredential object, created by using the Get-Credential cmdlet, or open an elevated
Windows PowerShell window with the following command (which prompts you for
credentials and then opens up a new elevated Windows PowerShell window):
Start-Process PowerShell.exe -Verb RunAs
EXAM TIP
Windows powerShell commands that require elevation typically support a -Credential
parameter. exam answers that leave this parameter off typically fail. If the answer includes
a -Credential parameter as a string in the form “DOMaIN\User”, it will also fail because
the parameter expects a pSCredential object. Use the Get-Credential cmdlet to generate a
pSCredential object.
Configuring WDS
Before you can actually use WDS, you have to configure some basic information from Server
Manager or directly in the Wdsmgmt.msc console. You have to make several configuration
decisions, including the following:
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AD DS integrated or stand-alone server
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Location of the Remote Installation folder
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Initial PXE server settings
The AD DS integrated option is available only in an AD DS domain environment. The loca-
tion for the remote installation folder should be on an NTFS-formatted volume with sufficient
free space to hold several images, applications, and driver packages. It is not usually installed
on the system volume; it is installed on its own dedicated volume.
Initial PXE settings control which client computers are allowed to download images. You
can set this to none, only prestaged clients, or any PXE client that requests an image.
