Is it possible to blacklist certain operating systems from being installed on a server?
Example scenarios:
1) There is an existing physical server, with no operating system. Is there a way to block say, Windows Server 2012 from being installed on that server?
2) There is an existing physical server, with a Windows Operating system installed. On top of that is a hypervisor and multiple VM guest accounts. Is there a way to block the guest accounts sitting on that server from installing certain operating systems?
Any help would be hugely appreciated.
Answer
Prevent operating systems from being installed by users period.
Hire administrators that follow procedures and forbid them from installing anything but your approved OS images. Monitor for compliance.
Provide a managed deployment solution instead which provides your pre-selected OS images if users need to be able to re-install on demand.
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Source : Link , Question Author : kpipeline , Answer Author : HBruijn
