Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Group Policy Preferences Node
The Preferences node contained in both the computer and user configuration of group policies contain settings that in most cases are new settings that were previously not included in Group Policy settings and had to be managed with custom scripts and administrative templates. Preference settings are set initially, but in most cases the end user can change those settings after Group Policy processing. Preferences are unique in that within a preference setting there is a function named Item Level Targeting that allows a very granular application of the preference setting based on many different types of criteria. In essence, even though a group policy is applied to a set of users or computers, the preference settings ...
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