Deploying 100 Windows 2000 workstations in a Windows NT domain automatically?! HOW ????

[gicio]

HI!

How to deploy as fast as can 100 fresh installations of Windows 2000
workstations in a windows NT domain.

The 100 workstations have 3 different hardware configurations.

Best solution where to patch an image of windows 2000 workstation with the
newest service pack + up-to-date security packs and import this to the
workstations.

2nd solution:

patch only the windows 2000 workstation image witch SP 4.

Add a SUS server to the domain and setting the 100 workstations so that they
get all updates at all from the SUS server?

what do you think about this idea?

or do you have a better idea how to handle this?



Is this possible?
I know this is not so realistics due to that they are 3 different hardware
configurations.

Or offer Microsoft an image that include already all up-to-date security
packs + up-to-date service pack (we are Microsoft GOLD Partner).


To handel this we can add some new server to this Windows NT domain. (win
2003?!? . SMS.. SUS ?!?!)

Can this deployment be done automatically?


Have someone any experience how to handle this huge installation?




Kind regards,

gicio

 

[spyordie007]

SUS will give you windows updates but it wont give you driver updates for all your builds. Here is how I would do it:

Make a differant desktop build for each signifigantly differant computer system (if they have minor differances it's okay). Use sysprep with the "-mini" switch to package the system up (so it does new hardware detection on first boot) and setup your sysprep unattend file to have them join the domain using a network account that has privilages to join them (sysprep.inf; if you dont know what this is read the deployment whitepaper). Lastly use symantec ghost to deploy this image to each of the desktops.

Do your homework before you get started else you might run into problems along the way.

Good luck,
-Erik