Office 2000 Deployment – Help!

I need to deploy Office 2000 to 1500 users. New to the field & this is my first big project. Help! Suggestions on how to deploy, what worked & doesn’t. Issues w/ file & macro conv, templates, Access? Use MS’s CIW? All NT 4.0, SP4, Offic 97. Anythingto make it less stressful.