Although there are various methods for creating custom Windows deployment images, the process has gained a reputation for being somewhat tedious and convoluted. That being the case, I wanted to take ...

In the first installment in this series, I showed you how to install the software that is required for creating a custom Windows deployment image, as well as how to ...

If you receive a message Windows deployment services encountered an error 0xc0000023 when deploying an ISO image, this post will help you resolve the issue. However ...

WDS can be set up via the traditional GUI, but what if you're in an enterprise and have a lot of WDS servers to set up? In that case, PowerShell is a great way to automate the process. Windows ...

Windows’ built-in Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) command, a.k.a. dism.exe, is something of a Swiss Army knife when it comes to working on Windows OS images. Among its many ...

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a command-line tool built into Windows 10 that allows network administrators to prepare, modify, and repair system images, including Windows ...

I decided to update our WDS server to 2016 and use the new ADK that allows me to use build 1809. I downloaded the ISO from windows and found that instead of a .wim file there is a .esd file for ...

Microsoft has announced an update to the Windows ADK (Assessment and Deployment Kit) for Windows 11 version 22H2. The new release brings improvements to the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) ...

This weekend, I fired up a Windows 10 VM image I hadn't used for a while. Because they are essentially just files, virtual machine images tend to sit around, powered off, unless you need them. I use a ...

Peter Dunn is a seasoned technology and cybersecurity leader with over 25 years of experience driving digital transformation, AI integration and zero-trust initiatives across federal agencies and ...

Making a full system image backup preserves not only your files, but Windows and all its settings as well. Here are the best free Windows backup and recovery tools with step-by-step instructions. When ...