Chapter 9. Configure and manage Group Policy

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 include a varied assortment of enhancements to Group Policy, but only the narrow topic of configuring Group Policy processing has been singled out for the 70-417 exam. As it turns out, the most important new Group Policy feature is the only one to fall within this “processing” objective: remote Group Policy updating. This chapter introduces you to this useful new functionality introduced in Windows Server 2012.

In addition, Windows Server 2008 R2 introduced a new GroupPolicy module for Windows PowerShell. The module includes 26 cmdlets, and some of them are likely to appear on the exam. The chapter introduces these cmdlets as a reference for your exam ...

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