wdsutil start-server

• Applies to:

  ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Stack HCI, versions 23H2 and 22H2

Starts all services for a Windows Deployment Services server.

Syntax

wdsutil [Options] /start-Server [/Server:<Server name>]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
[/Server:<Server name>]	Specifies the name of the server to be started. This can be either the NetBIOS name or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). If no server name is specified, the local server will be used.

Examples

To start the server, type one of the following:

wdsutil /start-Server
wdsutil /verbose /start-Server /Server:MyWDSServer

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key
• wdsutil disable-server command
• wdsutil enable-server command
• wdsutil get-server command
• wdsutil initialize-server command
• wdsutil set-server command
• wdsutil stop-server command
• wdsutil start-server command
• wdsutil uninitialize-server command