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- Learn how to create custom Windows environments with Group Policy
- When custom scenarios arise, you have great flexibility within Group Policy to meet your needs. Investigate the GPO settings that allow you to control, secure, and configure custom environments to ensure a functional but secure environment.This sample chapter from the Windows Group Policy Guide discusses how to allow the default...
- Tags: group policy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, team, terminal services, Windows Group Policy Guide
- Download resources 2005-09-28
- Harden Windows servers and desktops with this in-depth guide
- Learn how to protect clients and servers in the Active Directory domain with the help of security templates and policies. You can also use the new Security Configuration Wizard to harden clients and servers.This sample chapter from the Windows Group Policy Guide discusses how to harden computer security on a...
- Tags: team, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Press, Windows Group, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server, Windows Group Policy Guide, security, computer, computer security, desktop, network, server, Windows Group Policy, group policy, Microsoft Windows
- Download resources 2005-09-26
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- Learn how to create custom Windows environments with Group Policy
- This chapter from the Windows Group Policy Guide discusses how to modify the default behavior of Group Policy objects GPOs in custom environments. When custom scenarios arise, you have great flexibility within Group Policy to meet your needs. Investigate the GPO settings that allow you to control,...
- Tags: Chapter, Group Policy, Environment, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-09-28
- Streamline configuration of Windows systems across an enterprise with Group Policy
- Group Policy in Windows allows administrators to simplify the management of hundreds or even thousands of users. This sample chapter from Microsoft Windows Group Policy Guide demonstrates how administrators can use Group Policy not merely to specify exactly how Windows components and features should be configured, but also to control...
- Tags: Group Policy, Streamline, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2006-07-18
- Deploy and maintain software with Group Policy in Windows
- This chapter from the Windows Group Policy Guide discusses how to use the Software Installation policy and the Software Restriction policy to provide a powerful one-two punch for providing a secure, managed environment. Learn how Software Installation through Group Policy can help you manage the full life...
- Tags: Chapter, Group Policy, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Book chapters 2005-09-27
- Windows Group Policy Quick Guide
- One way for help desk technicians and network administrators to reduce help desk calls and protect their networks is to limit the damage that curious users can cause by meddling with desktop and server settings. A great tool for preventing potentially harmful tinkering is Windows Group Policy. This Quick Guide...
- Tags: Group Policy, Help Desk, Call Centers, Microsoft Windows, It Operations, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2004-10-11
- Harden Windows servers and desktops with this in-depth guide
- This chapter from the Windows Group Policy Guide discusses the philosophy behind protecting clients and servers in the Active Directory domain and the methods and tools for doing so. Learn how to protect clients and servers in the Active Directory domain with the help of security templates...
- Tags: Desktop, Chapter, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Press, Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Directory Services, Enterprise Software
- Book chapters 2005-09-26
- Plan, implement, and manage Windows Server 2003 Group Policy
- This sample chapter, taken from MCSE 70-294 Training Guide: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory InfraStructure, covers information about how Windows Server 2003 helps troubleshoot the Group Policy settings. Learn how new tools included with Windows Server 2003 facilitate the troubleshooting of...
- Tags: Group Policy, MCSE, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Book chapters 2006-01-06
- Group Policy 1.5: Doing More With Group Policy and the GPMC - Level 200
- Since its introduction, the freely-downloadable Group Policy Management Console has had a significant impact on the Group Policy environment. It provides various groups of features, some of which were designed for managing Windows 2000 domains and others for Windows Server 2003. This session explores the GPMC, and what it has...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Group Policy Management Console
- Webcasts
- Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step-by-Step Guide
- Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server Code Name "Longhorn" introduce a new format for displaying registry-based policy settings. Registry-based policy settings located under the Administrative Templates category in the Group Policy Object Editor are defined using a standards-based, XML file format, known as ADMX files. These new files replace ADM...
- Tags: Group Policy, Group Policy Object
- White papers
- Deploy and maintain software with Group Policy in Windows
- Learn how Software Installation through Group Policy can help you manage the full life cycle of your software deployments. Efficient, central management significantly reduces the effort required to deploy and maintain software, which can also represent a significant cost savings for your organization.This sample chapter from the Windows Group Policy...
- Tags: cost savings, Deploying, Deploying Microsoft Office, group policy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows, service pack, software, team
- Download resources 2005-09-27
- windows firewall
- Having trouble turning off windows firewall on client machines through group policy from my 2003sbs. I need pointed in the right direction with the group policy editor. Note: The firewall on the client machines gets turned on and locked so that it cannont be disabled from the clients machines...
- Tags: firewall, group policy, it management, montelski, window, windows firewall
- Q&A 2005-06-09
- Managing Windows XP Service Pack 2 Features Using Group Policy
- This paper is written for Group Policy administrators or general administrators tasked with managing Group Policy in their organization. It assumes you currently use Group Policy to manage your users and computers in either a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 domain or a Windows 2000 Server domain and that you have...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Windows XP, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2004-08-01
- What's New in Group Policy in Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn"
- Group Policy in Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" provides an infrastructure for centralized configuration management of the operating system and applications that run on the operating system. Expanding on the foundation established in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, Group Policy is improved with greater coverage of policy...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers
- Use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to view and manage Group Policy in your Active Directory
- If you've done any work at all with Group Policy and Active Directory, you're probably already familiar with the "usual" Group Policy interface, which is "in the box." But there's more. In this sample chapter from Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror for Windows 2003, Windows XP, and...
- Tags: Group Policy, Console, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Group Policy Management Console, Management Console, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2007-01-24
- Plan, implement, and manage Windows Server 2003 Group Policy
- Learn how new tools included with Windows Server 2003 facilitate the troubleshooting of Group Policy as applied to desktop configurations and security settings. This information, including practice questions, will help you prepare for the MCSE 70-294 certification examThis sample chapter, taken from MCSE 70-294 Training Guide: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining...
- Tags: desktop, desktop configuration, exam, group policy, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Planning, security, software, tool, training
- Download resources 2006-01-06
- More Powerful Group Policy in Windows Vista
- Windows Vista delivers a substantial update to the Group Policy infrastructure. Yet as organizations around the world deploy Windows Vista, many administrators probably won't notice much of a difference in how they work because the numerous changes in Group Policy functions all take place under the hood. What administrators will...
- Tags: Group Policy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-11-01
- Microsoft Webcast: Windows Vista Security Guide for IT Managers
- The Windows Vista Security Guide is a solution accelerator that provides IT managers with specific recommendations and tools to harden the Windows Vista operating system beyond its default security level. Based on the Windows XP Security Guide, this new guide includes recommended Group Policy settings specific to two types of...
- Tags: IT manager, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Security, Software, Webcast, Windows Vista Security Guide
- Webcasts
- Step-by-Step Guide to Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
- This guide is intended to cover only local computer IPSec policy that uses IPSec transport not tunneling to secure traffic between a source computer and a destination computer. It does not cover using Group Policy in the Active Directory to distribute IPSec policy. IPSec policy configuration is very flexible and...
- Tags: Internet, IP, IPSec Policy Configuration, IPSec, VPNs, Network Security, Networking, Security
- White papers
- Group Policy Infrastructure White Paper
- Administrators use Group Policy to specify managed configurations for groups of computers and users. Group Policy includes options for registry-based policy settings, security settings, software installation, scripts, folder redirection, Remote Installation Services, and Internet Explorer maintenance. Intended for system administrators, architects, and others who need to create and manage Group...
- Tags: Group Policy
- White papers 2003-04-24
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