Book description
Streamline Windows Server management by grouping policy settings to monitor and regulate users and the network's computers. Revised and updated to include Windows Server 2008 and Vista, Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting examines how Group Policy monitors and regulates users and controls activity on a network’s computers. Employ the various Group Policy settings, learn how to manage Group Policy with Management Console, troubleshoot Group Policy settings, and implement network security with Group Policy. Also, find ready-to-use scripts that you can use to automate routine administration tasks.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Dear Reader
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- About the Contributors
- Introduction
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Group Policy Essentials
- Getting Ready to Use This Book
- Getting Started with Group Policy
- Understanding Local Group Policy
- Active Directory–Based Group Policy
- An Example of Group Policy Application
- Examining the Resultant Set of Policy
- Group Policy, Active Directory, and the GPMC
- Using the GPMC in Active Directory
- Our Own Group Policy Examples
- Final Thoughts
- Managing Group Policy with the GPMC
- GPMC 2.0—Filtering, Comments, and Starter GPOs
- Group Policy Processing Behavior Essentials
- Advanced Group Policy Processing
- Troubleshooting Group Policy
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ADM and ADMX Template Management
- Policies vs. Preferences
- ADM vs. ADMX File Distinction
- Creating and Editing GPOs in a Mixed Environment
- GPMC 2.0 Management Stations and the Central Store
- ADM and ADMX Templates from Other Sources
- ADMX Migrator and ADMX Editor Tools
- Finding the Policy Settings You Need and Cracking the ADM/ADMX Files
- Final Thoughts
- Implementing Security with Group Policy
- Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Security Enhancements with Group Policy
- Group Policy Preference Extensions
- Scripting Group Policy Operations with PowerShell
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Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM)
- The Challenge of Group Policy Change Management
- Architecture and Installation of AGPM
- What Happens after AGPM is Installed?
- Understanding the AGPM Delegation Model
- AGPM Common Tasks
- AGPM Tasks with Multiple Admins
- Committing to AGPM via Group Policy Permissions
- Advanced Configuration and Troubleshooting of AGPM
- Final Thoughts
- Group Policy Tools
- Index
Product information
- Title: Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2008
- Publisher(s): Sybex
- ISBN: 9780470275894
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