Mastering Active Directory - Second Edition

Group Policy best practices

In Sri Lanka, there is a common saying to explain risky action: eating curd from a knife. Curd with honey is amazing, but if you have to eat it using a sharpened knife, there is a risk that you may cut your tongue if you're not careful. But it's still worth taking the risk (if you have ever tasted curd and honey before). Group policies are also like that; they can do so many useful things, but only if you use them correctly. In the AD environment, Group Policy-related issues are the most painful and time-consuming troubleshooting task as there are so many things that can go wrong.

Here, I have listed a few tips that will be useful for designing group policies:

• Identify the best place to link the Group Policy