install dhcp on command line

The following illustrates on how to install dhcp server using sysocmgr.exe command. sysocmgr.exe is used to install windows optional components.

1. Create a unattended file unattend.txt with the following content

[NetOptionalcomponents]
DHCPSERVER=1

2. Now run the command below to install dns server automatically.

sysocmgr.exe /i:sysoc.inf /u:"unattend.txt" /f



3. To install dhcp silently i.e without UI, run
sysocmgr /i:sysoc.inf /u:"unattend.txt" /f /q

4. Also to install dhcp on multi-language environment, run

sysocmgr /i:sysoc.inf /u:"unattend.txt" /f /q /i