Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for deploying a distributed computing system. A domain controller manages a domain comprised of a plurality of computer objects each having an assigned system role. The described technique includes receiving a system configuration of a distributed directory-service-based system, wherein the system configuration specifies a path to a root organizational unit (OU) within the domain. The technique includes generating group policy objects based on system requirements for each system roles, creating an organizational unit (OU) for each system role, linking each group policy object for each system role to the corresponding created OU, and moving computer objects to an OU according to the system role. The described deployment technique is performed according to a distribution scheme generated based on a number of the system roles and computer objects of each system role.