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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)

User configuration policies

As helpful as computer configuration settings can be for making sure that certain standards are met on all of the machines inside your domain, the User Configuration policies are where the rubber meets the road for user capabilities and functionality. Here, we will cover a handful of configuration settings that are commonly used and very useful when deciding how strict you want to be with your workforce.

Remove the shutdown button

A simple yet powerful GPO setting that is quite common to see in corporate environments is the removal of the Shut down and Restart functionality of Windows computers. This can be a critical thing inside an RDS or VDI environment, as you certainly wouldn't want users...