The following are best practices from this chapter:
Use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to plan and test policies prior to installation, as well as to debug policy problems after implementation.
The Resultant Set of Policies (RSoP) should be used to analyze policy enforcement.
Administrators should delegate rights to distribute the management and enforcement of group policies.
Document configuration settings being applied to Outlook Transform and PRF files.
With Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS), inventories can be conducted on network desktop systems to identify hardware and software installed on each.
The installation of Outlook 2003 also requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher.
To enhance functionality when using Windows Server 2003 Group Policy, download and install the Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) from Microsoft.
Use the Logon page of the Exchange Mail Store to view and document Successful Client Logons and access to Exchange 2003 Mailboxes.
Enable Diagnostic Logging on the Exchange 2003 server properties page to monitor MSExchangeIS events at the Mailbox activity when deploying clients .
