Windows Deployment Services Components - Windows 2008 Server

                There are three components are available in windows deployment services.

·         Server Components

·        Client Components

·         Management Components

Server Components:

PXE – Prexecution environment

TFTP – (Trivial file transfer protocol)

                Both the server components for network booting a client to load and install an operating system, shared folder and image repository. It contains boot images, files and install images, it need specifically for network booting.

Client Components:

                Client components includes graphical user interface – windows pre-installation environment (Windows PE) this component to communicate with the server components to install the image.

Management Component:

                The set of tools that used to manage the server, operating system image and client computer accounts.