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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)

PowerShell for GPOs and Links

We will start using PowerShell to interact with Group Policy by accomplishing some of the most commonly performed actions, working directly with GPOs and their Links. You can utilize PowerShell cmdlets to create GPOs, delete GPOs, create and destroy GPO Links, Security Filters, WMI Filters, and just about anything else that you would normally do via GPMC.

Once again, I will be running PowerShell from my LAPTOP1 computer, to prove that you do not need to be logged into a Domain Controller for anything inside this chapter. PowerShell can be launched via any standard methods for launching an application inside the Windows operating system. You can find it inside the Start Menu, or type in the word PowerShell from either Start | Run or into an already-open Command Prompt. Probably the easiest and quickest way to open a PowerShell window is to right-click...