Hi I'm John Courtney.
And welcome to group policy administration for I.T. support technicians.
Over this course will be going over the basics of the group policy management console and how changes
here affect the Users and Computers on your domain.
The court also covers some come online tools that are commonly used in real world systems when setting
off and troubleshooting group policy.
These are the GP update GP results and our SOP commands all of which are related perhaps slightly different
functions which if these commands to use normally depends on the situation and what it is you want to
achieve.
If you've ever used a computer in a work environment you'll have already seen some examples of group
policy in action on most corporate networks.
This can include things such as desktop wallpaper desktops your courts a commonly used resources and
also much network drives for central data storage.
Normally the group policy management console will be accessed using remote server administration tools
also known as RSS as it's not considered good practice to access group policy directly via a domain
controller both for performance and security reasons as well as ensuring that all users have the same
settings group policies are often used for security purposes as well.
Some good examples been locking down certain windows features and forcing users to go through a proxy
server to maintain network security when using the Internet using a proxy server is particularly important
on a corporate network as it can help stop threats from both inside and outside of the organization
from becoming a problem and also help to easily identify any existing threats that may already be causing
problems on your network.
Companies often use group policies to display text when the user first logs into the system.
This is known as the legal catching function and is normally used to display terms and conditions for
accessing the network.
Often reminding users of both legal obligations and also any internal company policies that may apply
without out of the way.
Let's move on to an overview of the group policy management console itself and the various features
contained within it.