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Windows Server 2012 : Simplifying the Datacenter (part 3) - Improvements in Group Policy Management, IP Address Management

7/26/2014 9:30:03 PM

Improvements in Group Policy Management

In Windows Server 2012, the basic functions of Group Policy haven’t changed, so the Group Policy Management Console is the same, but with more options and settings available.

The Group Policy Management Console is launched off the Server Manager console or just run as a separate tool, as shown in Figure 3. Group policies in the past few years in Windows Server provide more granular management of local machines, specifically having policies that push down to a client that are different for administrator and nonadministrator users.

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Figure 3. Group Policy Management Console.

In addition, starting with group policies in Active Directory 2008, applications have been able to query or register with a network-location awareness service within Group Policy Management, which provides the identity where a user or computer object resides. For example, a policy can be written that allows users to have access to applications and files if they are on a local network segment, but for security and privacy reasons blocks users from accessing the same content when they are on a remote segment. This addition to group policies adds a third dimension to policies so that administrators can not only define who and what someone has access to, but also limit their access based on where they are.


Note

When running the Group Policy Management Console to manage a Windows Server 2012 Active Directory environment, you can run it on a Windows server or installed on a Windows client system. The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) are available for installation on various Windows endpoints. Check the requirements to confirm the version of RSAT you want to install supports the operating system you want to manage from.

IP Address Management

New to Windows Server 2012 is the IP Address Management (IPAM) tool. IPAM enables an organization to organize, view, and report on utility systems on the network, specifically IP address mapping, DNS server configurations and assignment, DHCP server configurations and assignments, and the like.

A key area where organizations have found IPAM to be most useful is in the replacement of spreadsheets and databases mapping servers, routers, Internet connections, and the like with IP addresses, those manual IP address sheets that provide the mapping of devices and addresses. Through the use of tagging, devices and IP addresses can be tagged to note which city, campus building, server room, rack, and rack position a specific IP addresses and its corresponding server or device is connected to.

IPAM also provides an “at a glance” view of IP address blocks, IP address assignments, IP ranges and groups, and the like, similar to what is shown in Figure 4.

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Figure 4. IPAM Console.


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