Active Directory® for Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Technical Reference

Configuring Security Settings with Group Policies

One of the critical components to managing user desktops is configuring security on those desktops. Maintaining a consistent security configuration across thousands of desktops is almost impossible without some type of central management. Group policies can be used to provide that central management. Some of the security settings configured with group policies can be implemented only at the domain level. Other settings can be configured at any container level.

Configuring Domain-Level Security Policies

The Account Policies located in the Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings container are security settings that can be configured only at the domain level. The Account Policies, ...