Deployment Web Sites Automating Windows 2000 Deployments with Sysprep - On this site you'll find detailed information regarding the use of Sysprep, used for cloning Windows 2000. The description is for version 1.1 that has the advantage of supporting the deployment of Windows 2000 to computers with different mass storage controllers. Bart's way to create bootable CD-Roms (for Windows/Dos) - A great site with info on burning bootable CD's for your own customized deployments. Step-by-step guide on how to use Bart's scripts to create an iso file and even burn it to you recordable CD. How to Change the Location of Client-Side Cache in Windows 2000 - This article describes how to change the location of client-side cache in Windows 2000. Apparently it also works with XP. HOW TO: Migrate a Web Server Configuration to Another Computer in Windows 2000 (315413) - This article describes how use Internet Information Services (IIS) Migration Wizard to migrate a Web server configuration to a different computer. IIS Migration Wizard migrates Web server configuration settings, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type information, and content to Windows 2000 Server and IIS 5.0 from another Web server. The IIS Migration Wizard utility that is included in Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit. HOW TO: Migrate from Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003 - High level guide to the steps needed for migrating Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003. SendKeys Method - The SendKeys method allows you to send keyboard strokes to the active window. Nice for automated workarounds with regards to installers and uninstallers that do not have support for automation. The Free-Dynamic Link Library - If you're experiencing dll-hell then this site may prove to be dll-heaven. You can download dll, ocx, sys, inf and vxd files for various operating systems and its free of charge. Windows Update Catalog - On this site you can search for hotfixes for the different Windows operating systems. Very useful if you're about to reinstall servers or clients and you want to update them to the latest hotfix level during the deployment process. White Papers Automated Deployment Services Technical Overview - With Windows Server 2003, Microsoft extends the platform to make it easier for administrators to build and administer very large, scaled out deployments of Windows servers. Automated Deployment Services (ADS) includes a new set of imaging tools developed by Microsoft and a more secure, remote-able infrastructure for rapidly deploying both Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 onto bare metal servers. In addition, ADS offers a more secure, reliable script execution framework that lets administrators perform script-based administration on 1,000 servers as easily as they once did on a single server. Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit: Automating and Customizing Installations - This book provides comprehensive information about planning, designing, and implementing automated installations in medium and large organizations. Options range from automated installations of a basic operating system to complex installations of a customized operating system and applications. Programs AutoIT - AutoIt is a simple tool that can simulate key presses, mouse movements and window commands (maximize, minimize, wait for, etc.) in order to automate any windows based task (or even windowed DOS tasks). AutoIt was primarily designed to assist in automatically installing software that cannot be automatically installed by other means. This is most useful during a PC rollout where hundreds or thousands of client machines need to be automatically installed. However, AutoIt is not limited to software installation and can be used to automate most simple windows tasks. Windows Server Update Services - Use WSUS to manage security updates on all your systems. On this site you'll find documentation as well as the download.