Server Deployment and Virtualization Flashcards

Which Windows Server role enables network-based operating system deployment to bare-metal computers using PXE boot?

Answer: Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

Windows Deployment Services (WDS) enables PXE-based network boot and remote OS deployment to bare-metal and diskless computers.

Which lightweight file transfer protocol do WDS clients use to download boot files from the WDS server during a PXE network boot?

Answer: TFTP

WDS clients use TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) to download the boot image because it works before a full network stack is available on the client.

Which free Microsoft toolkit extends WDS by adding task sequences, application deployment, and driver management for zero-touch deployments?

Answer: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) provides task sequences, driver repositories, and application deployment capabilities on top of WDS for automated OS deployments.

What WSUS feature allows update approvals to be targeted to specific subsets of computers independently?

Answer: Computer Groups

WSUS Computer Groups let administrators control which updates are approved for different sets of computers, enabling staged rollouts and testing.

Which Hyper-V feature transfers a running virtual machine to another physical host with zero downtime or service interruption?

Answer: Live Migration

Hyper-V Live Migration moves a running VM's memory, storage, and network connections to another host seamlessly without interrupting guest workloads.

Which WSUS downstream server mode causes the server to automatically mirror all update approvals and computer groups from its upstream WSUS server?

Answer: Replica mode

WSUS Replica mode synchronizes all approvals, settings, and computer groups from the upstream server, with no independent local management.