Chapter 6. Implementing Group Policies

In this Chapter

Leveraging Group Policies

Group Policy Deployment

Understanding GP Inheritance and Application Order

Understanding the Effects of Slow Links on Group Policy

Using Tools to Make Things Go Faster

Automating Software Installations

Enhancing Manageability with Group Policy Management Console

Using Resultant Set of Policies in GPMC

Maximizing Security with Group Policy

Increasing Fault Tolerance with Intellimirror

Leveraging Other Useful Tools for Managing Group Policies

Using Administrative Templates

Finding Additional Resources about Group Policy

BEST PRACTICE

Using the Proper Naming Conventions

Group Policy has existed in Windows products for many server versions. However, with Windows Server 2000 and now Windows Server 2003, Group Policy has become a major part of the operating system. Group Policy is used to deliver a standard set of security, controls, rules, and options to a user . In addition, it can be used to configure everything from login scripts and folder redirection to disabling Active Desktop and preventing users from installing software on their workstations.