Maintaining Group Policy is a chore that every Active Directory administrator will have to tackle at some point in their careers. You will learn that you can make life much easier on yourself and future admins by documenting all settings and configurations as you build out the environment. In fact, quite a bit of this chapter relates to good practices that make future work inside Group Policy flow more smoothly and efficiently. Utilizing Starter GPOs certainly saves some time and effort on your part, and delegation of control is all about removing items off your plate so that you can focus on bigger-picture things. We also spent time learning about the backup and restoration options available for our GPOs, as these will certainly be critical pieces of our security stance, and absolutely need to be recoverable in the event of a failure. ADMX and ADML files are always a...
Mastering Windows Group Policy
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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.
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Mastering Windows Group Policy
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
Free Chapter
Group Policy - The Basics
Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)
Daily Tasks in Group Policy
Advanced Filtering of Group Policy Objects
Deploying Policy Settings
Group Policy Preferences
Group Policy as a Security Mechanism
Group Policy Maintenance
Group Policy Troubleshooting
PowerShell for Group Policy Administration
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