Deploying a Mac OS image and adding the computer to the AD can all be accomplished using DeployStudio. I suggest that you set up your AD environment to use “OUs” (organizational units) for your computers rather than have them all in the one default “computers” OU. I have two production OUs of “Labs” and “Labs-Macs”. I’ll explain the “Labs” OU structure for windows in a different post …. For now, just add computer accounts for all your macs to an OU. The computer accounts should match exactly the host names you are using just like you would do for windows.

Then in DeployStudio –
Add the computers and set their “Local Hostname” and “Computer Name” to the same thing you entered in the AD for their computer accounts. Your workflow for the deployment should include a step to rename the mac and after that step the AD binding. In that AD binding window be sure to set the fields for the domain to join and the computers node. Here is a screen shot of my set-up …