Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Managing GPO Security Filtering

Managing security filtering is one of the best ways to target a specific group of users and computers for GPO application. Security filtering can be set to a specific user, computer, or security group object or a combination of all three object types. To change the security filtering of a GPO from the default of Authenticated Users, follow these steps:

1. Log on to a designated Windows Server 2012 administrative system.

2. Open the Group Policy Management Console.

3. Expand the domain to expose the Group Policy Objects container and expand it.

4. Select the desired GPO and select the Scope tab in the right pane.

5. In the Security Filtering section of the Scope tab, select the Authenticated Users group, and click ...