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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)

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security

The primary purpose of this security chapter is to get our hands dirty with implementing some real-life scenario settings that you can turn around and use in your own networks today. What better way to begin our lessons than with manipulating the Windows Firewall? Or more specifically, what we are modifying via Group Policy is the advanced portion of the firewall, appropriately called the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS).

In the latest versions of Windows 10, this console has been renamed to be Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security. This change reflects the increase in capabilities of Windows Defender and all of the ways that it ties in with the operating system. Fear not, it is the same console with a new name. Throughout this chapter you will hear me reference Windows Firewall, Windows Firewall with Advanced Security...