GROUP POLICY

What is Group Policy:-

• Group policy is a collection of settings which can be applied on computers and users.

• With group policy administrator can centrally manage the computers and users.

• Eases administration using group policy.

• Group policy is applied in three levels, There are

                     - Site GPO
                     - Domain GPO
                     - O.U GPO

Organizational Unit:-

• It a logical container which contains Active Directory objects (Users, Groups, OU & other objects)

• It is also called as SUBTREE

• It is used for Minimizing administrator tasks

• It is used for organizing and managing the directory objects.

• It is used for delegating the control to one or more users.

What is Delegation of Control:-

• The process of decentralizing management of organizational units.

• Assigning management of an organizational unit to another user or group

• Eases administrator by distributing routine administrator tasks to another user or group.

Soft Development:-

• It is to deploy software (Application) on all the computer in the domain from one central location by applying the Group Policies.

• Supports the development of “.MSI” but not “.EXE” applications. 

Folder Redirection:-

• Redirection of folders on the local computer or on a shared folder.

• Folder on a server appears as if they are located on the local drive.

• Fastens the User logon process in case if Profile is large.