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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

You're reading from   Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789808537
Length 542 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Thomas Lee Thomas Lee
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Establishing a PowerShell Administrative Environment FREE CHAPTER 2. Managing Windows Networking 3. Managing Windows Active Directory 4. Managing Windows Storage 5. Managing Shared Data 6. Managing Windows Update 7. Managing Printing 8. Introducing Containers 9. Managing Windows Internet Information Server 10. Managing Desired State Configuration 11. Managing Hyper-V 12. Managing Azure 13. Managing Performance and Usage 14. Troubleshooting Windows Server Index

Creating a group policy object

Group policy allows you to define computer and user configuration settings that ensure a system is configured per policy.

With group policy, you first create a group policy object within the Active Directory. You then configure the GPO, for example, enabling computers in the IT organizational unit to be able to use PowerShell scripts on those systems. There are literally thousands of settings you can configure for a user or computer through group policy.

Once you configure your GPO object, you link the policy object to the OU you want to configure. You can also apply a GPO to the domain as a whole, to a specific AD site, or to any OU. A given GPO can be assigned in multiple places which can simplify your OU design.

The configuration of a GPO typically results in some data being generated that a host's group policy agent (the code that applies the GPO objects) can access. This information tells the agent how to work. Settings made through administrative templates...

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