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Legacy Mode

In Windows Deployment Services, legacy mode is functionally equivalent to that of RIS (Windows Deployment Services binaries with RIS functionality). In legacy mode, only OSChooser will be present as the boot operating system. Therefore, only Risetup and Riprep images are supported. You will not be using the Windows Deployment Services management tools; rather, legacy RIS utilities will be the only way to manage the server. Legacy mode is available only on Windows Server 2003.

You configure legacy mode by first installing RIS on Windows Server 2003 and optionally adding legacy images to it. Then, you install the Windows Deployment Services update, as described in the section titled "Installing Windows Deployment Services" later in this tutorial. You do not configure Windows Deployment Services by using Wdsutil or the Windows Deployment Services management console.

To configure Windows Deployment Services in legacy mode in Windows Server 2003, perform the following steps:

  1. Install the RIS optional feature on Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later and then configure it by running Risetup. Optionally, you can add images to it.
  2. If needed, install the Windows Deployment Services update. (Windows Server 2003 SP2 and later installs this update by default.) The Windows AIK 1.1 includes the Windows Deployment Services update for Windows Server 2003 SP1.
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In this tutorial:

  1. Configuring Windows Deployment Services
  2. Introducing Windows Deployment Services
  3. Service Architecture
  4. PXE Services
  5. Operating Modes
  6. Legacy Mode
  7. Mixed Mode
  8. Native Mode
  9. Planning for Windows Deployment Services
  10. Choosing a Version of Windows Deployment Services
  11. New Features of Windows Deployment Services in Windows Server 2008 R2
  12. Server Requirements
  13. Client Computer Requirements
  14. DHCP Requirements
  15. Routing Requirements
  16. Capacity Requirements
  17. Installing Windows Deployment Services
  18. Windows Server 2003
  19. Windows Server 2008 R2
  20. Windows 7 Configuring Deployment Services
  21. Preparing Discover Images
  22. Windows Importing Images
  23. Importing Boot Images
  24. Importing Install Images
  25. Managing and Deploying Driver Packages
  26. Deploying Driver Packages to Clients Using Method 1
  27. Deploying Driver Packages to Clients Using Method 2
  28. Deploying Driver Packages to Clients Using Method 3
  29. Managing Driver Groups and Driver Packages
  30. Adding Driver Packages to Boot Images
  31. Managing Image Security
  32. Pre-staging Client Computers
  33. Configuring Administrator Approval
  34. Windows 7 Installing
  35. Capturing Custom Images
  36. Creating Multicast Transmissions
  37. Performing Multicast Deployment
  38. Using Windows Deployment Services with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit