Group Policy Settings
GPOs make it easy to enforce standard behavior across multiple users or computers. For example, GPOs can easily set firewall settings on multiple computers, define consistent desktop layouts, run scripts when users log on and log off, and redirect folders to network folders. These are only a few of the uses for GPOs. TABLE 6-1 lists additional category settings using GPOs.
TABLE 6-1 Categories of Settings in GPOs |
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|---|---|
| CATEGORY | DESCRIPTION |
| Password Policy | Sets requirements for password strength, age, history, and storage |
| Account Lockout Policy | Determines how Windows handles accounts locked after failed logon attempts |
| Kerberos Policy | Sets lifetime limits for Kerberos tickets and clock synchronization |
| Audit Policy ... | |
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