Operating System Deployment Options

When new servers or workstations need to be deployed, one of the big decisions to make is whether these systems will be built and deployed manually or if the system deployment process will be automated. Automating system deployment is not a task that can be completed in a few hours or days, at least not the first time. On the contrary, building a functional operating system deployment infrastructure takes careful planning, sometimes expensive licenses, and many hours and days or weeks worth of testing and tuning the images and the automation. There are many different ways Windows server and business desktop operating system deployments can be performed. Some of these deployment options include manual installation, ...

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