Contents 3
Introduction 1
Intellimirror Management Technologies 2
Intellimirror Benefits and Technologies 2
Group Policy Overview 4
Defining Group Policy 4
Group Policy Capabilities 4
Registry-based Policy 4
Security Settings 5
Software Restrictions 5
Software Distribution and Installation 5
Computer and User Scripts 5
Roaming User Profiles and Redirected Folders 5
Offline Folders 6
Internet Explorer Maintenance 6
What’s New in Windows Server 2003 Group Policy 7
Unified Group Policy Management with the GPMC 7
GPMC Features 7
WMI Filters 8
New Policy Settings 8
Using Group Policy 9
Computer and User Configuration 9
Administering Group Policy 9
GPMC 9
Group Policy Object Editor (Previously GPEdit) 10
Group Policy Results and Modeling 11
Applying Group Policy 11
Group Policy Scope of Management 11
Applying Security and WMI Filters to GPOs 12
Developing Applications to Use Group Policy 13
Summary 14
Related Links 15