Deployment services are software-based solutions used to facilitate the installation and rollout of new applications or infrastructure. They can include hardware or software acquisition tuning, configuration, staging installation, interoperability, and tests.
The benefits of app deployment include increased security, simplified management and better insight into user behavior. App deployment also simplifies lengthy, time-consuming and resource-intensive tasks such as software updates.
HP offers a comprehensive set of deployment services to assist your company in speeding up the process, regardless of whether you are planning to set up new servers or transfer existing ones. Our deployment services include everything from device delivery and stage, to hardware setup including data migration and installation.
Windows Deployment Service – Provides centralized deployment of a network-based operating system to bare-metal computers. It is the successor to Remote Installation Services (RIS). WDS uses disk images to install virtually any OS.
For instance, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and later utilize the Windows Image Format (WIM) to create images for remote installation. A Windows image includes an environment that boots up the computer and allows for the installation of the operating system. Administrators can modify and extend this pre-boot environment to accomplish other tasks, like installing additional driver.
For WDS to function the environment must be set up so that it can connect to an internet-connected network. Additionally, the environment must include a server with the Windows Deployment Services server role installed. This includes a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Microsoft offers a variety of tools for WDS that can be used to manage the deployment server and create, record and apply images, such as imagex, dism, and the wdsutil. These tools can be run on the same server as the WDS server or on a separate server. Imagex is a command line tool that can create a single WIM or a deduplication structure. It can be executed on a network share or mapped drive letter. The wdsutil program can be used to manage the WDS server without GUI and to add images taken from the repository.
Virtual Machines can be made as client machines to build and testing Windows deployment image. Using virtual machines can reduce the performance of the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) download phase. This is particularly true in the event that the virtual machine isn’t capable of handling the full boot loader.
Multiple WDS servers – Could be deployed to provide fault tolerance and redundancy. You can make use of helpful resources one WDS to manage many WIM images or you can deploy multiple WDS servers to increase availability and fault tolerance.
A Windows image is created using ImageX or an alternative tool, and then distributed via the Internet to other WDS servers. The image can be downloaded to either a local server or remote server, or a Hyper-V virtual machine.
Ron’s supervisor has assigned him the job of deploying the most recent Windows 7 OS to the company’s 50 branch offices. He wants to do it remotely, so he does not have to travel to branch locations. However, the company policy stipulates that only one DHCP is allowed on the corporate network and that is at the Tooth City Office.
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