Question: You are logged onto a Windows Server system that doesn't have Windows Deployment Services installed, and you want to run WDSUTIL from a command prompt on this system to manage other Windows Deployment Services systems on your network. But when you try and run WDSUTIL commands, they exit immediately without executing. What's wrong?
Answer: Unfortunately WDSUTIL is not a standalone tool, so you must install the Windows Deployment Services role on the server on which you want to run WDSUTIL from even if that server will not be used as a Windows Deployment Services server.
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