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Windows Server 2008 R2 : Policy Management Tools (part 1) - Group Policy Management Console & Group Policy Object Editor

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Microsoft provides several different tools administrators can use to create and manage local and domain group policies. The operating system version the administrator is using to manage policies determines the functionality the tools provide. As an example, when new group policies are created using the Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy Management Console, the GPO folder utilizes the new ADMX/ADML templates, whereas the Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 tool uploads the original ADM template files into the GPO folder.

Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)

The most functional and useful tool provided to create and manage Active Directory group policies is the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), shown in Figure 1. The GPMC was introduced after the release of Windows Server 2003; the functionality included with different operating systems produces different options and resulting operations when creating and managing Active Directory group policies.

Figure 1. Examining the Group Policy Management Console.

The GPMC is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and can be added to a custom console. The GPMC snap-in provides the most functionality for administrators who want to manage domain group policies. The GPMC provided with Windows Server 2008 R2 can perform the following Group Policy administrative functions:

  • Enable starter GPO functionality and create new starter GPOs.

  • Create new domain group policies.

  • Create new group policies using starter GPOs as templates.

  • Create and configure GPO links to sites, domains, and organizational units.

  • View and manage GPOs in domains in the local and trusted Active Directory forests.

  • Back up and restore a single or all GPOs in a domain.

  • Back up and restore a single or all starter GPOs in a domain.

  • Import group policies from external domains and migrate security settings using migration tables to ensure proper import functionality.

  • Manage GPO link enforcement, enable links, and disable links.

  • Configure the block inheritance settings for sites, domains, and organizational units.

  • Manage GPO status to control which nodes in a GPO are enabled or disabled.

  • Create and link WMI filters for GPOs.

  • Manage GPO security filtering.

  • Manage GPO delegation and administrative security.

  • Manage the GPO order of processing on containers with multiple GPO links.

  • View all configured settings of existing group policies and any additional information, such as the revision number, filtering, delegation, and create exported reports of the configuration.

  • Generate HTML reports used to summarize Group Policy configurations and settings.

  • Run the Group Policy Modeling Wizard to determine how group policies will be applied to users or computers in specific containers.

  • Run the Group Policy Results Wizard to investigate how policies have been applied to specific computer and/or user objects.

Group Policy Object Editor (GPOE)

The Group Policy Object Editor (GPOE), shown in Figure , is the tool used to edit local group computer and user policies. Each server and workstation computer has a default local security policy. This policy is accessed through the shortcut to the specific Local Security Policy MMC snap-in located in the Administrative Tools program folder. Now that Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 support multiple local group policies, the GPOE must be used to manage or create any local group policies other than the default.

Figure 2. Examining the Group Policy Object Editor.

The GPOE is used to edit all of the configuration settings of a policy. This includes configuring security settings, installing software packages, creating restriction policies, defining the scripts used by computers and users, and many other functions.

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