DHCP or Static IP for workstations???

I have been given the task of determining if we want to use DHCP or static IP
addressing on our network.

A little background... We have a 4 offices all connected via WAN. Each
office has at least one DC running AD and DNS. In one office I have
implemented DHCP and everyone loves it. We are still running static IP
addressing in the other 3 offices. We want to be consistent among all
offices, so we must decide if DHCP or static addressing is the preferred way
to go.

I understand both scenarios very well, but cannot find any "best practice"
recommendations for using one over the other.

Please post you EXPERT opinions and recommendations.
Thanks!

If you have laptops moving between locations DHCP is a clear winner. If you
change TCP/IP configuration frequently, DHCP is a clear winner. If none of
the above is true, there is no clear winner.

--
Richard Civil
"Computers, can't live with them, can't get paid without them."
http://spaces.msn.com/members/rcivil

"Eric" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2EC78048-930E-4CA9-8DDC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have been given the task of determining if we want to use DHCP or static
>IP
> addressing on our network.
>
> A little background... We have a 4 offices all connected via WAN. Each
> office has at least one DC running AD and DNS. In one office I have
> implemented DHCP and everyone loves it. We are still running static IP
> addressing in the other 3 offices. We want to be consistent among all
> offices, so we must decide if DHCP or static addressing is the preferred
> way
> to go.
>
> I understand both scenarios very well, but cannot find any "best practice"
> recommendations for using one over the other.
>
> Please post you EXPERT opinions and recommendations.
> Thanks!