Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a server role in Windows Server that lets you install Windows over the network instead of manually setting up each machine with a USB or DVD. It is especially useful in labs and organizations where many workstations need the same base image.

In this lab, you will add the WDS role on a Windows Server VM, configure PXE boot settings, create or import a boot and install image, and then deploy that image to a client VM over the virtual network.

You can watch my YouTube video that walks through this Windows Deployment Services lab using VirtualBox. For installing Windows XP using WDS, click here.