Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #205900 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 761 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780470275894
• Condition: USED - VERY GOOD
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From the Back Cover
Comprehensive Group Policy Coverage, including Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1

This new edition of Group Policy: Management, Troubleshooting, and Security has been revised, renamed, and fully updated to include Windows Server 2008 and all versions of Vista. Inside, you'll learn how to manage your users and computers using Group Policy for all Windows editions. You'll find full coverage of the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), essential techniques for Group Policy troubleshooting, advanced control options, and much more.

Discover how to:

• Master all Group Policy functions for all versions of Windows, including Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1

• Explore every feature of the GPMC to master your administration effectively

• Troubleshoot Group Policy using tools, logs, Resource Kit utilities, Registry entries, and third-party tools

• Secure your networks and Windows desktops, whether Windows Vista, XP, or Windows Server 2008 systems

• Create your own Group Policy Management Station with the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) and the updated GPMC

• Script complex GPMC operations, including linking, backup, restore, permissions changes, and more

• Perform Group Policy Change Management with Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM)

• Enhance your Group Policy reach with the all-new Group Policy Preference Extensions (GPPEs)

Coverage Includes Features You Need to Know:
ADM and ADMX Files, the Central Store, Troubleshooting GPOs, and Implementing Security with Group Policy

Master Advanced Features:
Inheritance Blocking, Enforcing, Prioritization, Linking, Loopback Policy Processing, Security Policy Processing, Cross-Forest Trusts, WMI Filters, and Scripting Group Policy Operations

New for this Edition:
Updated GPMC features such as Filters, Comments, and Starter GPOs; Scripting Group Policy Operations with PowerShell; Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM); and Group Policy Preference Extensions (GPPEs)

About the Author
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.

Customer Reviews

Group Policy Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting (Paperback)
I got this book at this year's Windows Connection after hearing Jeremy's Group Policy session and it hasn't disappointed. This is a must read. It starts with the basics and then moves onto the meat and bones of how GP works, deploying, how to manage & troubleshoot.

The man knows his stuff.
I might have skipped an edition in the middle somewhere, but I'm a gigantic fan of Jeremy's writing style and his knowledge is unquestionable. He presents the material in a clear way, and it's easy to jump around the book looking for an answer to a specific problem.

Stands above the rest
Just transitioned to a W2K8 network and was looking for documentation on creating the Central Store for ADMX/ADML files. Microsoft Press' W2K8 Group Policy Resource Kit doesn't mention it (at least not clearly enough to find it), but lo and behold, I turn to GP Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting (including W2K8 and Vista) and BAM! there it is clear as day. Also saved my noggin from another concussion against the wall looking for a way to use the Comments area of a GPO under the Details tab.
Informative, clearly written, real world relevant, and all-encompassing, this book should be a requirement for any Group Policy administrator, whether an IT veteran or fresh off the showroom floor admin.