1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,100 To open the group policy management console. 2 00:00:06,110 --> 00:00:09,270 Click on the stop on at the bottom left hand corner of the screen. 3 00:00:09,290 --> 00:00:13,260 Go to Windows administrative tools and then click on group policy management. 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,640 You should then see the group policy management console on screen. 5 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:20,180 The first thing you'll see is forest and in the name of your domain. 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:25,850 Suppose some context on this forest can contain multiple domains underneath it much like a multinational 7 00:00:25,850 --> 00:00:30,400 company with different sort companies reach domain being separate in its own right. 8 00:00:30,410 --> 00:00:34,150 For our example we'll be managing a single company with only one domain. 9 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:37,420 This can be found under the domain scope folder within the console. 10 00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:41,570 On his calls example dot local one example dot local is expanded. 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:46,580 You should then be able to see the various organizational units that contain Users and Computers within 12 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:50,660 the domain as well as any group policies that are applied at the Domain level. 13 00:00:50,660 --> 00:00:56,570 Normally any policy applies at the Domain root level applies system wide although there are some exceptions 14 00:00:56,630 --> 00:01:01,290 such as when the policy is still enforced or have block policy inheritance enabled. 15 00:01:01,340 --> 00:01:06,230 Both of these options are explained in more detail later on in the course although there is a default 16 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:07,730 domain policy already there. 17 00:01:07,730 --> 00:01:13,490 So I guess in my experience it is generally best practice to create a new top level policy and put any 18 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:18,890 system wide settings in there and leave the default policy other says next on the options we've got 19 00:01:18,890 --> 00:01:20,720 the group policy object folder. 20 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:25,880 This allows you to quickly find any group policy regardless of where it's applied as they are all listed 21 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:27,380 here in alphabetical order. 22 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:32,810 After this we've got W and I fill says this is explained in more detail later on but this is where you 23 00:01:32,810 --> 00:01:35,150 can lock down policies based on hardware. 24 00:01:35,150 --> 00:01:41,060 For example if you want a policy to only apply specific hardware i.e. only laptop computers or those 25 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:46,670 with over a certain amount of RAM installed Delta GPO is used if you want to create a template for similar 26 00:01:46,670 --> 00:01:48,600 GPO in different departments. 27 00:01:48,620 --> 00:01:54,130 Although a useful feature it's one in my experience isn't generally used in real world environments. 28 00:01:54,140 --> 00:01:55,480 Next we've got sites. 29 00:01:55,490 --> 00:01:58,370 This is where you would apply GPO to a physical site. 30 00:01:58,370 --> 00:02:03,350 If you have multiple offices in your company and you only wanted a policy to apply to a certain physical 31 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:04,080 location. 32 00:02:04,130 --> 00:02:06,620 After this there's a group policy model and feature. 33 00:02:06,710 --> 00:02:11,990 This allows you to see what policies will be applied to a specific user or computer and can be especially 34 00:02:11,990 --> 00:02:14,580 useful as policy is applied at different levels. 35 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,980 Explain later on can often conflict with each other and there are different rules that determine which 36 00:02:18,980 --> 00:02:20,500 policy actually takes effect. 37 00:02:20,510 --> 00:02:21,710 In this situation. 38 00:02:21,740 --> 00:02:26,960 Finally this group policy results which lets you see policy results for users and computers. 39 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,570 Now that we've gone over the group policy management console let's move onto the next part of the course. 40 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:33,410 An overview of group policies.