Windows Server ® 2008: Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, Second Edition

Chapter 5. Automating Administrative Tasks, Policies, and Procedures

• Understanding Group Policies 136

• Navigating Group Policy Changes 139

• Managing Local Group Policies 142

• Managing Site, Domain, and Organizational Unit Policies 145

• Maintaining and Troubleshooting Group Policy 157

• Managing Users and Computers with Group Policy 172

Performing routine tasks day after day, running around policing systems, and walking users through the basics aren’t efficient uses of your time. You’d be much more effective if you could automate these chores and focus on issues that are more important. Support services are all about increasing productivity and allowing you to focus less on mundane matters and more on what’s important.

Windows Server 2008 Release 2 (R2) includes ...