Binding: Perfect Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.446 EAN: 9780735625143 ISBN: 073562514X Label: Microsoft Press Manufacturer: Microsoft Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 656 Publication Date: March 15, 2008 Publisher: Microsoft Press Sales Rank: 38567 Studio: Microsoft Press
Product DescriptionGet the in-depth information you need to use Group Policy to administer Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista direct from a leading Group Policy MVP and the Microsoft® Group Policy team. With Group Policy and Active Directory® directory service, administrators can take advantage of policy-based management to streamline the administration of users and computers throughout the enterprise from servers running Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server, to workstations running Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional, or Windows 2000 Professional. This essential resource provides in-depth technical information and expert insights for simplifying and automating administrative tasks, including policy enforcement, system updates, and software installations, as well as how to centralize the management of network resources. The CD provides essential utilities, job aids, and more. It s everything you need to help increase your efficiency while bolstering user productivity, security services, and system reliability.
Key Book Benefits:
Delivers definitive product information with expert insights straight from a leading Microsoft MVP on Group Policy and the Microsoft Group Policy team at Microsoft
Details the critical information you need to centrally manage your enterprise using Group Policy
Learn how to administer Group Policy to improve network reliability, implement security services, and save time and money
Features a CD with a fully searchable eBook, essential utilities, and job aids.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Well Done
I just got this book to help clean up my Group Policy environment, which is still Windows Server 2003. The book helped with all aspects of what I needed to do, which is optimize GPOs, settings, and now I have faster logons. I plan on moving to Windows Server 2008 and Vista , so I started to implement Group Policy Preferences to eliminate my logon scripts. I was able to do that for all of my existing clients too, which are all Windows XP! After using the book to clean up what I had and implement new ... Read More
Rating: - Not really for administrators
This book is on Server 2008 and Vista Group Policy and is organized in 15 chapters. This is more of a book for architects and IT managers than administrators.
The table of contents
1. Why Group Policy?
2. What's New
3. Group Policy Basics
4. Architecture of Group Policy
5. Group Policy Processing
6. Using the GPMC (useful for admins)
7. Advanced GPMC Management (useful for admins)
8. Controlling GPOs with Scripts and Automation
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Rating: - My new Best GPO Reference!
Well I was referred to this book and I am glad that I was. There are a TON of new features to the GPO's in W2K8 and Vista and this book goes over them. It's written in a way that explains the new features and then expands into them, very good index and a format that is easy to find what your looking for as it's laid out like the GPO's are. For instance, if your looking for Group Policy Preferences, and you open the book you can easily turn to the section headers and find it, or turn to the Table of contents, ... Read More
Rating: - Very factual read, but I feel not so resourceful...
This book is a great addition to your collection of Microsoft Publications, when it comes to understanding the new technology. Unfortunately, that is not really the point of a resource kit. I can log onto Microsoft's Technet and gather all of the same information that this volume has to offer. In my opinion, the resource kits are suppose to be there for the common administrator, providing him with tools to help in his administration. This is where the book falls short.
Rating: - Great Resource for the latest in Group Policy
If you're looking for a comprehensive resource on the latest improvements and capabilities within Group Policy, this is the book to get and Derek is the author to write it. Derek has intimate inside knowledge of features such as Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) and the new and powerful Group Policy Preferences and shares that knowledge within this book. He also provides a great reference on topics such as ADM & ADMX, automating Group Policy management through scripting, delegation and everyday use of ... Read More
- Well Done
- Not really for administrators
