Windows Server® 2008 R2 Unleashed

Chapter 19. Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policies and Policy Management

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Group Policy Overview

• Group Policy Processing—How Does It Work?

• Local Group Policies

• Security Templates

• Elements of Group Policy

• Group Policy Administrative Templates Explained

• Policy Management Tools

• Designing a Group Policy Infrastructure

• GPO Administrative Tasks

Since the inception of computer networks, there has been a need and a desire to centrally administer and configure devices on the network. As small campus and corporate networks evolved and became connected with other institutions, security concerns prompted the requirement to secure access to resources and to limit administration of connected devices.

With Microsoft networks, ...