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Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

By : Dishan Francis
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Book Image

Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition - Third Edition

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By: Dishan Francis

Overview of this book

Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition is a comprehensive guide for Information Technology professionals looking to improve their knowledge about MS Windows Active Directory Domain Service. The book will help you to use identity elements effectively and manage your organization’s infrastructure in a secure and efficient way. This third edition has been fully updated to reflect the importance of cloud-based strong authentication and other tactics to protect identity infrastructure from emerging security threats. Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition provides extensive coverage of AD Domain Services and helps you explore their capabilities as you update to Windows Server 2022. This book will also teach you how to extend on-premises identity presence to cloud via Azure AD hybrid setup. By the end of this Microsoft Active Directory book, you’ll feel confident in your ability to design, plan, deploy, protect, and troubleshoot your enterprise identity infrastructure.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Index

Group Policy preferences

Group Policy preferences were introduced with Windows 2008 to publish administrative preference settings to Windows desktop OS and server OS. These preference settings can apply only to domain-join computers. Group Policy preferences provide granular-level targeting and provide easy management via enhanced GUI. Group Policy preferences have replaced many Group Policy settings that required registry edits or complex logon scripts. Group Policy preferences are capable of adding, updating, and removing settings such as the following:

  • Drive maps
  • Internet Explorer settings
  • Registry entries
  • Printer deployment
  • Start menu items
  • Power management
  • Local users and groups
  • File replication
  • Managing VPN connections
  • Schedule tasks

Group Policy settings and Group Policy preferences are processed in two different ways. Group Policy settings are applied during the boot-up process and the user logon process...