From the course: Windows Server 2016: Installation and Configuration

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Installing from a network

Installing from a network

- [Instructor] Another way to install Windows Server 2016 will allow you to install multiple servers at the same time without even needing an image file of the disc for the installation itself. It requires a service to be running on another server in your network in an Active Directory domain. On the screen here, I have a server that is installed and configured with Windows Deployment Services. What this includes is installation information for installing Server 2016 over the network. It also includes information needed to boot another server that does not yet have an operating system installed on it. It also requires DHCP to be running somewhere on the network, because we're about to boot to a network card which has no assigned configuration, or an operating system to hold that configuration. What we have here on the screen is our domain controller, with DHCP running to hand out addresses. Setting up these services…

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