Step by Step 3 part guide to Deploying Windows Server 2008

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The following Step by Step 3 part guide to Deploying Windows Server 2008 using SCCM 2007 SP1 covers all the steps necessary to get you up and running in no time at all, screenshots and helpful text show you how to do IT including preconfiguring roles such as Active Directory (ADDS) and DNS.

This 3 part guide is aimed at those of you who can succesfully deploy applications (such as Microsoft Office or Firefox) and Operating Systems (such as Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP sp3. You'll need to be familiar with Microsoft SMS or SCCM and understand what packages, advertisements and collections mean, the guide will however link you to other guides to bring you every step of the way down the entire path.

Part 1.

* Add Operating System Image

* Create Distribution Point for the Image

* Add new Operating System Install Package

* Import new Task Sequence

Part 2.

* Create and then Update distribution points for the MDT Server packages

* Editing the Task Sequence

* Adding Server Roles and Features

Part 3.

* Create a new collection

* Add server to collection

* Set the IP address as a variable

* The Deployment

* Troubleshooting PXE errors

The guide above has taken a lot of time to document and I'm quite sure that you will find it helpful (lots of screenshots of every step..)

good luck,

cheers

anyweb

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