Group Policy 2003

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Windows 2003 Group Policy
Group policy management console found in Windows Server 2003 is used to allow administrators to setup configurations for servers and users. Local policy settings can be applied to any computer. For computers on a domain, an administrator can apply the group policy across sites, domains, or organizational units found in Active Directory. Group policy support is found on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. With Active Directory infrastructure and group policies an administrator can take advantage of policy-based administration to do many things. Allow one or many administrators to manage all users and computers found in the network. Simplify the work of system updates and application installations for the administrator. Constantly keep security settings up to date on the network. Create standard workstation environments for different groups of users. Group policies can be used to create user-related policies as well as security, networking, and many polices found at the local computer level. Group policy is also used in management of domain controllers and member servers.
Group policy found in Windows 2003 Server has a new graphical user interface (GUI). This gives the administrator an on screen application used to implement and deploy group policies. Windows 2003 Server adds an additional 200 new policy settings from those found in Windows 2000 Server. There is also additional support for Windows Management Instrumentation filters to control how group polices are applied to computers and users.
Administrators are able to manage all the computers in the network centrally through Active Directory and Group Policy. The group policy is used to deliver managed computer environments allowing the administrator to work more proficiently because of the centralized management. Measurement of total ...