How to install the Windows Deployment Services role

Perform the following steps to install the WDS role on a server running Windows Server Core.

     1. Type 

Start PowerShell

 in the Command Prompt window to start Windows PowerShell.

     2. Type 

Install-WindowsFeature WDS

 and press Enter to install the WDS role.

Additional Information:

The following Windows PowerShell cmdlets are available for managing WDS on a server running Windows Server Core.

Add-WdsDriverPackage - Adds an existing driver package to a driver group or injects it into a boot image.
Approve-WdsClient - Approves clients.
Copy-WdsInstallImage - Copies install images within an image group.
Deny-WdsClient - Denies approval for clients.
Disable-WdsBootImage - Disables a boot image.
Disable-WdsDriverPackage - Disables a driver package in the WDS driver store.
Disable-WdsInstallImage - Disables an install image.
Disconnect-WdsMulticastClient - Disconnects a multicast client from a transmission or namespace.
Enable-WdsBootImage - Enables a boot image.
Enable-WdsDriverPackage - Enables a driver package in the WDS driver store.
Enable-WdsInstallImage - Enables an install image.
Export-WdsBootImage - Exports an existing boot image from an image store.
Export-WdsInstallImage - Exports an existing install image from an image store.
Get-WdsBootImage - Gets properties of boot images from the image store.
Get-WdsClient - Gets client devices from the pending device database, or pre-staged devices from AD or the standalone server device database.
Get-WdsDriverPackage - Gets properties of driver packages from the WDS driver store.
Get-WdsInstallImage - Gets properties of install images from an image store.
Get-WdsInstallImageGroup - Gets properties of install image groups.
Get-WdsMulticastClient - Gets a list of clients connected to a multicast transmission or namespace.
Import-WdsBootImage - Imports a boot image to the image store.
Import-WdsDriverPackage - Imports a driver package into the WDS driver store.
Import-WdsInstallImage - Imports an install image to an image store.
New-WdsClient - Creates a pre-staged client.
New-WdsInstallImageGroup - Creates an install image group.
Remove-WdsBootImage - Removes a boot image from the image store.
Remove-WdsClient - Removes a pre-staged client from ADDS or the stand-alone server device database, or clears the Pending Devices database.
Remove-WdsDriverPackage - Removes a driver package from a driver group or removes it from all driver groups and deletes it.
Remove-WdsInstallImage - Removes an install image from an image store.
Remove-WdsInstallImageGroup - Removes an install image group.
Set-WdsBootImage - Modifies settings of a boot image.
Set-WdsClient - Modifies a pre-staged client device.
Set-WdsInstallImage - Modifies the properties of an install image.
Set-WdsInstallImageGroup - Modifies the name and access permissions of an install image group.

Additional information about Windows PowerShell cmdlets for WDS can be found on TechNet.