How to perform Remote installations on Windows 10

Remote Installation Services (R1S) is a service that is available for servers  in a Microsoft Active Directory directory service environment. The RIS server is a disk image server that contains as many disk images as are necessary to support the different configurations of Windows 10 Pro on a network. A RIS client is a computer that connects to the R1S server and downloads an image for installation. The RIS server might be preconfigured to download a particular image to a client computer, or the user might be able to select an image manually from a special RIS Administration menu.


Overview of RIS

RIS provides the best features of unattended installations and disk duplication and also provides a powerful way to make remote installations possible in large network environments. The basic RJS process works as follows:

1. In an Active Directory domain, you install RIS on a server running Windows 2016 Server 
2. You load disk images on the R1S server. RIS suppons two types of images:

  A CD-based image that contains the Windows 10 Professional operating installation files. You can create answer files for these images to automate the installation process on the client end.

  A Remote Installation Preparation (RIPrep) image that can contain the Windows 10 Professional operating system along with other applications. This image is based on a preconfigured reference computer, much like the computer used in creating images for disk duplication.

3. A client computer connects to the R1S server over the network. Clients must conform to the Net PC specification or have a network adapter that supports the Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) standard for network booting, This type of adapter allows the client to boot the computer with no preexisting operating system installed, locate a RIS server, and start the installation process using an image on the R1S server. For clients who do not have a PXE-compliant network adapter, you can create a special boot floppy disk that Will allow the client to boot up and contact the R1S server.

4. The client begins the installation of Windows 10 Professional from an image on um RIS server. A RIS server can support many different disk images, and the User of “1*: client computer can choose the image they want to use to install Windows 10 Pro. You can also configure a R1S server so that installation choices are made automatically when a client computer contacts the RIS server. The user of the client computer sees a screen that indicates the operating system being installed, but is not prompted to make any choices or provide any information. If only one image is available on the RIS server, the user also does not get to make a choice.

5. Windows 10 Professional is installed on the client computer. Depending on the image and type of installation, the user might be or might not be prompted for personal information during the installation.

RIS provides the following benefits: 
It enables remote installation of Windows 10 Professional.
It simplifies server image management by eliminating hardware-specific images and by detecting Plug and Play hardware during setup.
It supports recovery of the operating system and computer in the event of com puter failure.
It retains security settings after restarting the destination computer.
It reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) by allowing either users or technical staff to install the operating system on individual computers.

Installing and Configuring RIS

RIS is available only on computers running Windows 2016 Server.The RIS server can be a domain controller or a member server.
  Network Services Requirements for RIS



DNS Service RIS relies on the Domain Name System (DNS) sewer for locating both the directory service and client computer accounts.

DHCP service Client computers that can perform a network boot receive an Intemet Protocol (IP) address from the DHCP server.

Active Directory RIS relies on the Active Directory service in Windows 10 Professional for locating existing client computers as well as existing R1S servers.

Remote installation requires that RIS be installed on a volume that is shared over the network. This shared volume must meet the following criteria:
 The shared volume cannot be on the same volume that holds the Windows 2016 system Files.
 The shared volume must be large enough to hold the R15 software and the various Windows10 pro images.
 The shared volume must be formatted with the NTFS File system.

To install R1S on a computer running Windows Sewer 2016, use the following steps: 

1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add Or Remove Programs. 2. In the Add Or Remove Programs window, click Add/Remove Windows Components. 3. In the Windows Components Wizard, in the Components list, select the Remote Installation Services check box, and then click Next.

Windows Server 2016 builds a list of necessary files, and then installs RIS.

Click Finish to exit the Windows Components Wizard.

Windows prompts you to restart your computer.

5. Click Yes.

The computer restarts.