Planning For Group Policy In Vista

One of the benefits of connecting your Vista workstation to a Windows Server 2003 server is that you can increase security by applying security from the server. Through Group Policy, you can apply different security settings from a central location (being the server) to users and computers.

Group Policy provides a wide range of settings that you can use to control the computing environment. Settings range from desktop restrictions to software distribution policies. By applying such restrictions, you can limit the types of changes that a user can make to his or her computer. The result in turn reduces the administrative overhead associated with troubleshooting and repairing system changes made by users.

Given the complexities associated with Group Policy, you need to take some time to plan the implementation. First, you need to identify the restrictions that need to be applied and the users and computers to which they need to be applied.

Next, you need to consider the Active Directory (AD) structure. You can control the application of Group Policies using the logical structure of Active Directory. For example, linking a Group Policy Object (GPO) to a domain will affect more users than simply linking a GPO to a specific Organizational Unit (OU). Therefore, you need to have a solid understanding of the domains and/or Organizational Units within your AD structure to implement Group Policy.

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