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Deploying Windows Server 2008 with "slipstreamed" Hyper-V RTM. Part 1.

Time: 10:18 EST/15:18 GMT | News Source: Microsoft | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

John Howard: This article walks through updating an WDS infrastructure such that Hyper-V RTM bits are “slipstreamed” into the operating system installation. Given that Hyper-V has reached RTM (release to manufacturing), it was time to refresh my test deployment environment in my office anyway. I have an entirely private network segment here with its own domain controller and WDS server. I use this environment extensively for quickly deploying test operating system installations to both physical and virtual machines. (It’s also helpful as I can get full dedicated gigabit networking – something which I can’t get from corporate services here at Microsoft – this alone almost halves the overall installation time