Microsoft® Windows® Group Policy Guide

Summary

As you’ve learned in this chapter, there are many ways you can customize and optimize the way Group Policy works. If you are looking for specific policy settings or specific values within Group Policy, you can use filters to help make your job easier. Another type of filter, called a security filter, that you can apply to Group Policy is one that changes the way Group Policy is processed with respect to security groups as well as individual computers and users. For example, if you don’t want a policy object to apply to a user whose account is located in an OU, you can filter policy to achieve this.

Also, many factors affect the way policy settings are applied, including inheritance, processing order, and refresh. You can change the way ...