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Microsoft Office 2003 Rollout in Windows 2000 AD Environment<br />
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We are trying to rollout/upgrade our Office 2000 to Office 2003. This<br />
is in a Windows 2000 AD environment. The network is quite varied and <br />
traffic goes through firewalls/routers with other branches or<br />
offices.<br />
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We are looking for ways on how we can avoid overloading the network<br />
environment as well as balance out the load whiles we roll this out.<br />
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Can you please include information or options to achieve this<br />
either through AD or other third parties and the best practise<br />
in this scenario with respect to the network? Thanks<br />

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Microsoft Office 2003 Rollout in Windows 2000 AD Environment

We are trying to rollout/upgrade our Office 2000 to Office 2003. This
is in a Windows 2000 AD environment. The network is quite varied and 
traffic goes through firewalls/routers with other branches or
offices.

We are looking for ways on how we can avoid overloading the network
environment as well as balance out the load whiles we roll this out.

Can you please include information or options to achieve this
either through AD or other third parties and the best practise
in this scenario with respect to the network? Thanks


Microsoft Office 2003 Rollout in Windows 2000 AD Environment

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