AD DS and Group Policy are among the most useful features in Windows Server operation systems that are used in enterprise environments. From Windows Server 2000, Group Policy is the central administration point for configuring and deploying settings to all computers in an organization. You can define, enforce, and update the entire configuration by using the Group Policy Object (GPO) settings, and apply GPOs to the entire organization or to specific users or computers in the organization. Applying GPOs can be filtered based on security group membership and other defined attributes, such as delegation or Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) filters. In this chapter, you'll learn how to implement, configure, and manage Group Policy and GPOs.
We'll cover the following topics in this chapter:
- Creating and managing GPOs
- Understanding...