This paper describes the University of Colorado’s Windows 2000 deployment project for the Boulder campus, which is in progress as of this writing. Our department, Information Technology Services (ITS), is the primary computing services provider on the campus and is responsible for this project. The paper discusses our actual deployment project, rather than an ideal one, and considers both the technical and organizational issues that we must address. KEYWORDS Windows 2000, deployment, strategic goals, planning, political issues, organizational issues.