How to: Adding existing computers to new server

[Guest]

Hi Everybody

We are 2 administrators in our company
We often set up new servers, in different departments
The server install and setup goes easy and quickly

The big pain comes when we have to add client computers to the new domain
When we comes to this point, we walk around to each computer, joins it on the domain, sets up Outlook adding printers etc

Isn't there a quicker way to do this
Can it be done Serverside

We have often wondered what large companies with 5000+ computers do, when they implement new servers

We are looking forward to hear from you

Kindly Regard

Thomas Holme Larse

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi Everybody.

We are 2 administrators in our company.
We often set up new servers, in different departments.
The server install and setup goes easy and quickly.

The big pain comes when we have to add client computers to the new
domain. When we comes to this point, we walk around to each computer,
joins it on the domain, sets up Outlook adding printers etc.

Isn't there a quicker way to do this?

Joining the domain must be done at the client computer itself. Re Outlook,
printers, etc - use roaming profiles & that info won't need to be configured
per user every time.

Can it be done Serverside?

We have often wondered what large companies with 5000+ computers do,
when they implement new servers.

New servers on an existing domain don't require that anything be done on the
client computers that already belong to the domain. Initial rollout/config
from a workgroup to a domain is a pain, but you shouldn't need to do this
all that often!