Deploying windows

[mille1j]

I plan on setting up windows (probably 7 or on 2 mac minis and 7 iMacs

Setting up windows takes time, lots of time. And then in 4 months my users will probably have broken everything.

I'd prefer to setup windows once and clone that virtual machine to each computer.

However, if I did this the hard way, install windows on them one by one, I'd have 9 windows activation codes, one for each machine.

Basically, is there a way for me to use a master virtualbox machine, install everything my users need, update it as needed, then every couple of months (or even better push changes out automatically) send a snapshot of that machine out to users to replace their old one (that they've probably broken, installed a bunch of crap on, etc)

[noteirak]

Litterally copy the VM folder accross to your machines, making sure the UUIDs of the VM and the disks didn't change (so don't use clone)

[mille1j]

Awesome.

So, for an initial install, having a fully configured virtual machine that gets deployed as part of a netrestore ought to work! And then when I make changes to the virtual box, I ought to be able to push it out using Apple Remote Desktop. I'll let u know if it works!