Designing the RIS Deployment Mode

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

You can design your RIS-based operating system deployment to use either the interactive or fully-automated mode. Interactive mode requires the user to respond to predefined options presented during installation at the client computer; the fully-automated mode requires no user intervention other than turning on the client computer and providing logon credentials.

You might want to provide interactive installations for more knowledgeable users who can easily provide the user input you require. For users that are less knowledgeable, you can provide fully-automated installations that require little or no input. This ensures that installation on these clients goes smoothly and does not require your presence at the client computer.

If you want to provide a combination of interactive and fully automated installations to RIS clients, you can prestage your client computer accounts in Active Directory by using the prestaging script along with an input file that specifies which Startrom.com boot file each prestaged client must use. To find the prestaging script, see the Remote Installation Scripts link on the Web Resources page https://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources.).

Note

• The RIS deployment mode design process is closely associated with the CIW design process. For further details, see the job aid "Designing the RIS Deployment Mode and CIW Process" (ACIRIS_08.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Designing the RIS Deployment Mode and CIW Process" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit).