Boot images for SCCM12r2 from an NAS

Hello,
Is it possible to boot images from an distribution point installed on an NAS ?
I have my SCCM (2012 R2) server and DC (2012 R2) in an Data Center. An office (in another location) in this domain and same ip subnet have a slow line-connection to the datacenter. In the office we gonna use the pxe server (sccm) to boot
images for new clients. I want a solution to avoid transferring the OS Images/packages over this slow line-connection. It is not allowed to put server hardware in the office. In the office they have a NAS, with they use to transfer big files.
Hence when an new client press F12 to install or reinstall an image, this one must be transferred from the NAS in the office and not from the SCCM server over the slow line-connection.
Is this possible ? So yes, please let me know how to do this.
Thanks a million.

The situation is as follows:
- We have a SCCM server in a datacenter
- Our NAS (without SCCM supported OS installed) is at the client location on which our OS images are stored
If we decide to push an OS Image via SCCM to a client at the same location as the NAS.
Does the OS Image travel directly from the NAS to the client or does the OS Image go to SCCM first and then back to the client?
We ask this question because if the OS image has to be uploaded from the NAS to the SCCM server and then downloaded again by the client completely destroys the internet speed.

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