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Hi I'm John Courtney.

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And welcome to group policy administration for I.T. support technicians.

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Over this course will be going over the basics of the group policy management console and how changes

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here affect the Users and Computers on your domain.

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The court also covers some come online tools that are commonly used in real world systems when setting

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off and troubleshooting group policy.

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These are the GP update GP results and our SOP commands all of which are related perhaps slightly different

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functions which if these commands to use normally depends on the situation and what it is you want to

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achieve.

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If you've ever used a computer in a work environment you'll have already seen some examples of group

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policy in action on most corporate networks.

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This can include things such as desktop wallpaper desktops your courts a commonly used resources and

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also much network drives for central data storage.

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Normally the group policy management console will be accessed using remote server administration tools

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also known as RSS as it's not considered good practice to access group policy directly via a domain

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controller both for performance and security reasons as well as ensuring that all users have the same

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settings group policies are often used for security purposes as well.

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Some good examples been locking down certain windows features and forcing users to go through a proxy

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server to maintain network security when using the Internet using a proxy server is particularly important

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on a corporate network as it can help stop threats from both inside and outside of the organization

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from becoming a problem and also help to easily identify any existing threats that may already be causing

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problems on your network.

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Companies often use group policies to display text when the user first logs into the system.

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This is known as the legal catching function and is normally used to display terms and conditions for

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accessing the network.

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Often reminding users of both legal obligations and also any internal company policies that may apply

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without out of the way.

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Let's move on to an overview of the group policy management console itself and the various features

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contained within it.