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Mastering Windows Group Policy

You're reading from   Mastering Windows Group Policy Control and secure your Active Directory environment with Group Policy

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789347395
Length 408 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Group Policy - The Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) 3. Daily Tasks in Group Policy 4. Advanced Filtering of Group Policy Objects 5. Deploying Policy Settings 6. Group Policy Preferences 7. Group Policy as a Security Mechanism 8. Group Policy Maintenance 9. Group Policy Troubleshooting 10. PowerShell for Group Policy Administration 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

This chapter was all about the deployment of GP Policy settings. We made the important distinction between managed and unmanaged policies, with some hints about how to quickly tell the difference. We explored Administrative Templates, which is essential information for understanding where our policy settings come from, and what to expect when removing policies from a client computer. Then we got into some real-world examples and deployed numerous Computer Configuration and User Configuration policies within the test lab. We wrapped up the chapter with a talk about Group Policy Loopback Processing, which is a bit of a confusing topic but can be extremely valuable if you run any kiosk-style computers, or if you are working in an environment that offers Remote Desktop Services to its users.

There are some distinct differences between Policy settings discussed here, and Group...

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