Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Managing Users with Policies
Group Policy enables administrators to define how the end-user experience and desktop will be configured. Also, with user-based group policies, end users can be granted or denied access to certain Windows applications and features and even can be limited from reading or writing to removable media. Common user Group Policy configurations include the following:
• Start menu configuration
• Restricting Control Panel and display settings
• Internet Explorer settings
• Software restrictions
• Microsoft Management Console restrictions
• Screensaver settings
• Mapping network drives
• Installing printers
• Creating desktop shortcuts
• Application-specific configurations, including customizing Microsoft Office if the administrative ...
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