Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Active Directory Site GPOs
By default, no group policies are created for Active Directory sites. Policies linked to Active Directory sites will be applied to all computers that connect to the domain from the particular subnets associated with the site and, of course, the users who log on to these site associated computers. If computers are moved to new sites, these computers will pick up and process any policies linked to the new site and none from the original site. For example, if an Active Directory site is created for the virtual private network (VPN) network, when a computer is connected to the corporate network using the VPN, any policies linked to the VPN site will be applied to the computer.
Site policies can be a very effective way to ...
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