Image-based Installations with Windows Imaging Format [70-680 General Information]
by Jason Zandri
Image-based deployments of Windows 7 and prior desktop operating systems like XP Profession and Windows Vista are done to streamline the roll out process and to better allow small to large businesses as well as OEM manufactures the ability to quickly build and deploy their systems in an assembly line fashion.
After installing an operating system on reference system and setting it up with specific settings and configuring other applications they would leverage an imaging solution to capture an image based on a sector-by-sector copy of the reference computer.
Sector-by-sector copying can be effective in only so many scenarios and has a number of limitations.
Imaging systems with tools available in Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 that leverage image-based installations allow for easier initial setup, overall system deployment, and an improvement to image storage and management.
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