Microsoft® Small Business Server 2003 Unleashed

Chapter 21. Managing Workstations Through Group Policy

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Why Manage Workstations?

• Folder Redirection and Offline Files

• Managing Workstation Access

• Other Group Policy Uses

• Troubleshooting Group Policy Issues

Managing any group of computers can be a daunting task. Even a small network with just five workstations can quickly become complicated to manage whenever you have to make individual changes to each computer.

Group policy is a powerful administration tool that will help you apply a vast array of settings across dozens of computers with just a few mouse clicks. Basically, that’s what group policy is all about: allowing you to work more efficiently by centralizing the way settings and policies are established. It also brings a certain ...