Powershell – WDS – Initial configuration using PowerShell

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I am installing WDS on Windows server 2012 R2. I want to use PowerShell from start to finish. I can install the feature, but I cant't find a way to do the initial configuration from the shell. This is normally done from ServerManager, but that's what I want to avoid.

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Quick answer: No you cannot use Powershell.

Long answer: I just installed WDS role in 2012R2 in a lab, with MDT2013. WDS still uses the non-powershell, but confusingly similar in syntax wdsutil.exe for configuration.

I use Powershell in lieu of CMD.exe for most things, which gets REALLY confusing at times.

Examples:

/> wdsutil.exe /get-namespace /namespace:domain


/> wdsutil.exe /intitialize-server /server:servername /reminst:"D:\RemoteInstall"

Start with wdsutil.exe /AllHelp and take notes so you don't have to learn all of it's quirks.

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compare-object (get-content one.txt) (get-content two.txt)

Powershell – Run Elevated Powershell prompt from command-line

Sure... works on Windows 7+, too.

Open Powershell first:

Type PowerShell to enter a PowerShell session.

Once in the session:

Type Start-Process PowerShell -Verb RunAs and press Enter.

That will open a new Powershell process as Administrator.

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To do it all with only one line from the command prompt, just type:

powershell -Command "Start-Process PowerShell -Verb RunAs"

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