Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Group Policy Essentials -- Getting Ready to Use This Book -- Getting Started with Group Policy -- Understanding Local Group Policy -- Active Directory-Based Group Policy -- An Example of Group Policy Application -- Examining the Resultant Set of Policy -- Group Policy, Active Directory, and the GPMC -- Group Policy 101 and Active Directory -- Our Own Group Policy Examples -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 2: Managing Group Policy with the GPMC -- Common Procedures with the GPMC -- Security Filtering and Delegation with the GPMC -- Performing RSoP Calculations with the GPMC -- Searching and Commenting Group Policy Objects and Policy Settings -- Starter GPOs -- Back Up and Restore for Group Policy -- GPMC At-a-Glance Icon View -- The GPMC At-a-Glance Compatibility Table -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 3: Group Policy Processing Behavior Essentials -- Group Policy Processing Principles -- Policy Application via Remote Access, Slow Links, and after Hibernation -- Using Group Policy to Affect Group Policy -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 4: Advanced Group Policy Processing -- WMI Filters: Fine-Tuning When and Where Group Policy Applies -- Group Policy Loopback Processing -- Group Policy with Cross-Forest Trusts -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 5: Group Policy Preferences -- Powers of the Group Policy Preferences -- Group Policy Preferences Architecture and Installation Instructions -- Group Policy Preferences Concepts -- Group Policy Preferences Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 6: Managing Applications and Settings Using Group Policy -- Administrative Templates: A History and Policy vs. Preferences -- ADM vs. ADMX and ADML Files -- ADMX and ADML Files: What They Do and the Problems They Solve.

The Central Store -- Creating and Editing GPOs in a Mixed Environment -- ADM and ADMX Templates from Other Sources -- ADMX Migrator and ADMX Editor Tools -- PolicyPak Community Edition -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 7: Troubleshooting Group Policy -- Under the Hood of Group Policy -- The Birth, Life, and Death of a GPO -- How Client Systems Get Group Policy Objects -- Why Isn't Group Policy Applying? -- Client-Side Troubleshooting -- Advanced Group Policy Troubleshooting with Log Files -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 8: Implementing Security with Group Policy -- The Two Default Group Policy Objects -- The Strange Life of Password Policy -- Inside Auditing With and Without Group Policy -- Restricted Groups -- Restrict Software: Software Restriction Policy and AppLocker -- Controlling User Account Control (UAC) with Group Policy -- Wireless (802.3) and Wired Network (802.11) Policies -- Configuring Windows Firewall with Group Policy -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 9: Profiles: Local, Roaming, and Mandatory -- What Is a User Profile? -- Roaming Profiles -- Mandatory Profiles -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 10: Implementing a Managed Desktop, Part 1: Redirected Folders, Offline Files, and the Synchronization Manager -- Overview of Change and Configuration Management -- Redirected Folders -- Offline Files and Synchronization -- Using Folder Redirection and Offline Files over Slow Links -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 11: The Managed Desktop, Part 2: Software Deployment via Group Policy -- Group Policy Software Installation (GPSI) Overview -- Assigning and Publishing Applications -- Advanced Published or Assigned -- Default Group Policy Software Installation Properties -- Removing Applications -- Using Group Policy Software Installation over Slow Links -- Managing .MSI Packages and the Windows Installer -- Deploying Office 2007 and Office 2010 Using Group Policy.

Do You Need a "Big" Management Tool for Your Environment? -- Final Thoughts -- Chapter 12: Finishing Touches with Group Policy: Scripts, Internet Explorer, Hardware Control, Deploying Printers, and Shadow Copies -- Scripts: Logon, Logoff, Startup, and Shutdown -- Managing Internet Explorer with Group Policy -- Restricting Access to Hardware via Group Policy -- Assigning Printers via Group Policy -- Shadow Copies (aka Previous Versions) -- Final Thoughts for This Chapter and for the Book -- Appendix A: Group Policy Tools -- Securing Workstations with Templates -- The Security Configuration Wizard -- Migrating Group Policy Objects between Domains -- Microsoft Tools Roundup -- Third-Party Vendors List -- Index.