Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Site Group Policies

Site group policies allow computer and user configurations and permissions to be defined in one location and applied to all the computers/users within the site. Because the scope of a site can span all the domains and domain controllers in a forest, site policies should be used with caution. Therefore, site policies are not commonly used except to define custom network security settings for sites with higher requirements or to delegate administrative rights when administration is performed on a mostly geographic basis.

Note

Because sites are usually defined according to high-bandwidth connectivity, some design best practices should be followed when you’re defining the requirements for a site. If possible, sites should contain ...