Accessing Group Policy remotely

It may not always be the case that you have access to launch the GPMC locally from a DC server, so it is important to cover the bases on other ways that you can tap into these settings. In fact, as you will soon read, this section may change your entire outlook on how you interact with Group Policy, or, indeed, perhaps your outlook on how you administer your servers in general.

Installing the GPMC on another server

At first glance, this heading might not make any sense. If all of my Group Policy data is stored on the DCs, and the GPMC gets installed by default on my DCs, why would I need to worry about installing the GPMC somewhere else? Won't I just log into a DC and launch the GPMC? Easy...