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Mastering Windows Group Policy

By : Jordan Krause
5 (1)
Book Image

Mastering Windows Group Policy

5 (1)
By: Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

This book begins with a discussion of the core material any administrator needs to know in order to start working with Group Policy. Moving on, we will also walk through the process of building a lab environment to start testing Group Policy today. Next we will explore the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) and start using the powerful features available for us within that interface. Once you are well versed with using GPMC, you will learn to perform and manage the traditional core tasks inside Group Policy. Included in the book are many examples and walk-throughs of the different filtering options available for the application of Group Policy settings, as this is the real power that Group Policy holds within your network. You will also learn how you can use Group Policy to secure your Active Directory environment, and also understand how Group Policy preferences are different than policies, with the help of real-world examples. Finally we will spend some time on maintenance and troubleshooting common Group Policy-related issues so that you, as a directory administrator, will understand the diagnosing process for policy settings. By the end of the book, you will be able to jump right in and use Group Policy to its full potential.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we covered many of the daily duties and tasks that you will find yourself enthralled with as an Active Directory/Group Policy administrator. Being comfortable with these items will enable you to immediately start doing real work within a Group Policy infrastructure, and can probably pass muster for 80% of the necessary functionality for most companies. We covered GPO creation and linking information, editing GPO settings, deleting and disabling said settings, and the everyday command-line tools that can be used to interact with Group Policy.

In Chapter 4, Advanced Filtering of Group Policy Objects, we will focus on pinpointing your GPO settings to ensure they are only applying to the workstations and/or users to which you want them to apply. You currently have a basic understanding of how to divide up that access, but there are some additional tools and...