In this week's lesson, we learned about working with system images. Microsoft has included several useful tools to create and manage image files that can be used while unmounted. This can be handy for many tasks. One task that quickly comes to mind is to use these apps to keep an existing image up to date by adding updated system drivers.
Image files can be created with resources from the Windows Automated Install Kit (WAIK). This kit includes the Windows PE environment, which is a stripped down version of Windows that facilitates creating images as well as other installation tasks. You can also use the AIK to create an unattended answer file to provide Windows with results to prompts in order for perform an automatic install.
Other tools include the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool (DISM). DISM applies updates such as drivers, language packs or system updates to an existing image. This helps to keep images fresh and cuts down on the time needed to keep stored images current.
You can also use the Windows Deployment Services to load boot and install images onto a machine running Windows 2012 Server and then use those images to boot and install Windows from a PXE boot using the network card.
There is a great deal of extremely useful information here, keep it up, Microsoft!
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