Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Security Templates

Within each local computer policy and within a GPO Computer Configuration node, there is a section named Security Settings. This section includes settings for computer audit policies, account management settings, and user rights assignments. This section of the policy is unique because it can be imported and exported individually. In earlier versions of Windows, several security templates were provided out of the box to enable administrators to quickly load a set of best-practice security configuration settings. These templates included basic workstation and server templates, along with high security, compatible security, and domain controller security templates.

To manage and apply a standard set of security configurations ...