Security Templates
Security templates are a collection of security settings in a format that can be applied to Windows computers to configure security. In Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, security templates exist as text files, but they are more easily understood and modified when displayed, as shown in Figure 11-1, in their own Security Templates Microsoft Management Console (MMC). A security template has many uses such as the following:
Used to test the effect of security settings on a single computer
Imported into a Group Policy Object (GPO) and therefore used to secure servers, workstations, and users across an entire domain, or for a smaller portion of a domain
Imported into GPOs in multiple domains in order to provide consistent security ...
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