why use group policy?
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Why use Group Policy?. GROUP Policies ON SBS: WHY BOTHER?. Save yourself a lot of time - need to install a printer on 20-some computers? - adding a file server? - migrating to a new version of SBS? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Why use Group Policy?
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GROUP POLICIES ON SBS: WHY BOTHER?
- Save yourself a lot of time- need to install a printer on 20-some computers?- adding a file server?- migrating to a new version of SBS?
- Less error-prone- all things you automate, you can’t forget- no need for creating scripts with complex syntax
- But!- Scope your policies wisely
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Some theory on GP...
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WHAT IS GROUP POLICY?
• Method of lowering the administrative burden• Successor of Windows NT System Policies• One of the differences: no registry tattooing (*)
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SOME INFO ON GROUP POLICIES...
Relies & Integrates 100 percent on Active Directory
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USER / COMPUTER CONFIGURATION
• Difference between User/ Computer
• Effect on scoping
• Loopback Processing
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POLICY VS PREFERENCES
Policies• Enforced
• No tattooing
• Less detailed targetting
Preferences• “A suggestion”
• By default not removed when falling out of scope
• Extreme detailed targetting
• Client Side Extensions needed on client machines
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GROUP POLICY PREFERENCES TARGETTING
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Doing it the SBS way
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GROUP POLICY EDITING ON SBS
Keep it Simple, Stupid
• Always try doing tasks via SBS Console first!
• Do not mess up the OU structure, your console relies on it
• Scope your GPO wisely
• Use descriptive names
• Do not combine 10 GPO rules in one object
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Troubleshooting
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COMMON MISTAKES / SOURCE OF ERRORS
• Applying a GPO containing user settings to a computer-only OU
• Scoping your GPO to a non-existent object / group
• Working with the DENY element
• DNS Errors / AD Replication Errors
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TROUBLESHOOTING GROUP POLICY
• gpresult.exe
• Group Policy Management Console
• Connectivity tools (ping.exe, %logonserver% variable, dcdiag.exe,...)
• Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.exe)
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COMMON QUESTIONS
• Are my Group Policy Objects portable?
• Maximum Group Policy Objects in domain / for user?
• ...
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Questions?