8.8. The Security Configuration Wizard

In the last section, you learned how to leverage security templates and secure your workstations. You then linked a GPO, slurped in the security template, and secured a gaggle of workstations all in one goal.

In this section, the goal is similar.

Except this time, you'll use something called the Security Configuration Wizard, or SCW. I know, I know. You hate wizards. But this one is really super powerful. So powerful, in fact, that it has its own home page at Microsoft.com at www.microsoft.com/scw. Wow!

If you're using Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008, things are somewhat different. Let's start out with Windows Server 2003, then review the changes in Windows Server 2008.

8.8.1. Security Configuration ...

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