Chapter 4. Automating Administrative Tasks, Policies, and Procedures

Chapter 4. Automating Administrative Tasks , Policies, and Procedures

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 more important issues. Well, increasing productivity and allowing you to focus less on mundane matters and more on important ones is what automation is all about.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 provides many resources that help you automate administrative tasks, policies, and procedures. This chapter concentrates on four areas:

• Group policy management

• User and computer script management

• Security templates

• Scheduling tasks