• Author:
  • Moskowitz, Jeremy
• Subject:
  Computer Communications & Networking
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  09/05/2008
• Price:
  $74.99
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Streamline Windows Server management by grouping policy settings to monitor and regulate users and the network's computers. Revised and updated to include Windows Server 2008 and Vista, Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting examines how Group Policy monitors and regulates users and controls activity on a network’s computers. Employ the various Group Policy settings, learn how to manage Group Policy with Management Console, troubleshoot Group Policy settings, and implement network security with Group Policy. Also, find ready-to-use scripts that you can use to automate routine administration tasks.

Jeremy Moskowitz, Group Policy MVP, is the Chief Propeller-Head for Moskowitz, inc., and GPanswers.com. He is a nationally recognized authority on Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, and other Windows management topics. He is one of less than a dozen Microsoft MVPs in Group Policy. He runs GPanswers.com, ranked by Computerworld as a "Top 20 Resource for Microsoft IT Professionals." Jeremy frequently contributes to Microsoft TechNet Magazine, Windows IT Pro magazine, and Redmond magazine. Jeremy is a sought-after speaker at many industry conferences, and, in his training workshops, helps thousands of administrators every year do more with Group Policy. Contact Jeremy by visiting GPanswers.com.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Group Policy Essentials.

Chapter 2: Managing Group Policy with the GPMC.

Chapter 3: GPMC 2.0—Filtering, Comments, and Starter GPOs.

Chapter 4: Group Policy Processing Behavior Essentials.

Chapter 5: Advanced Group Policy Processing.

Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Group Policy.

Chapter 7: ADM and ADMX Template Management.

Chapter 8: Implementing Security with Group Policy.

Chapter 9: Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Security Enhancements with Group Policy.

Chapter 10: Group Policy Preference Extensions.

Chapter 11: Scripting Group Policy Operations with PowerShell.

Chapter 12: Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM).

Appendix A: Group Policy Tools.

Index.