70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012

LAB 1
DEPLOYING AND MANAGING SERVER IMAGES

THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:

Exercise 1.1 Exercise 1.2 Exercise 1.3 Exercise 1.4 Exercise 1.5 Lab Challenge Installing and Configuring Windows Deployment Services Creating Windows Deployment Images Generating an Autounattend.xml file Deploying a Windows Image Updating a Windows Image Adding Drivers to a Windows Image

Exercise 1.1
Overview

Installing and Configuring Windows Deployment Services

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. 10 minutes

Completion time

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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]

What is the default path for the remote installation folder?

Question 1

Why is the default location not recommended.

Question 2

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]

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Exercise 1.2
Overview

Creating Windows Deployment Images

In this exercise, you prepare images (boot images and install images) that will be used to deploy Windows. 20 minutes

Completion time

What drive letter was the ISO file mounted to?

Question 3

What is the boot image based on?

Question 4

Exercise 1.3
Overview

Generating an Autounattend.xml File

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. 20 minutes

Completion time

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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

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

Question 5

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 1.5
Overview

Updating a Windows Image

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. 20 minutes

Completion time

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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 QUESTIONS

Completion time 10 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?

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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?

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Lab Challenge
Overview

Adding Drivers to a Windows Image

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. 10 minutes

Completion time

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.