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Effective Management and Troubleshooting of Group Policy in Active Directory Environments

This chapter focuses on the management and troubleshooting of Group Policy in Active Directory (AD) environments. It covers key topics such as the hierarchy of Organizational Units (OUs), Group Policy Objects (GPOs), and the differences between domain and local policies. Readers will learn about Group Policy capabilities including registry modifications, software management, and security settings. Additionally, the chapter addresses new features in Windows Vista Group Policy, provides tools like gpresult.exe and GPUpdate.exe for troubleshooting, and emphasizes methods for diagnosing issues using Event Logs and the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).

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Effective Management and Troubleshooting of Group Policy in Active Directory Environments

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  1. Chapter 7: Managing and Troubleshooting Group Policy

  2. Introducing Group Policy • Active Directory Overview • Group Policy Capabilities • What’s New in Windows Vista Group Policy • Domain vs. Local Policy

  3. Active Directory Overview • Hierarchical • Organizational Units • Group Policy Objects (GPO) • Apply Settings to Users and Computers • Last GPO applied wins

  4. Group Policy Capabilities • Modify Registry Settings • Software Management with Group Policy • Security Settings • Scripts • IE Settings • Folder Redirection

  5. What’s New in Windows Vista Group Policy • Printer Management • Power Management • Device Access

  6. Domain vs. Local Policy • Active Directory - GPOs • Local Machine – LGPOs • Some Settings not available on LGPOs • Folder redirection • Remote Installation Services • Software Distribution

  7. Troubleshooting Group Policy • Using gpresult.exe • Using GPUpdate.exe • Troubleshooting Group Policy with the GPMC • Troubleshooting Group Policy with Event Logs

  8. Using gpresult.exe • GPOs applied in order • Local Policy • GPOs linked to the machine’s site • GPOs linked to the domain • GPOs linked to Ous • Helps determine where a setting came from • Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP)

  9. Using GPUpdate.exe • Refreshes all GPO settings • Commonly used after a change • Can be limited to user settings, computer settings, or both

  10. Troubleshooting Group Policy with the GPMC • Similar to GPResult.exe with GUI • Reports on User and Computer Settings

  11. Troubleshooting Group Policy with Event Logs • Using Group Policy Operational Log • Custom Views to Find Correlations

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