Group policy : fundamentals, security, and the managed desktop

Summary: The Ultimate Book on Group Policy Freshly updated to include Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop, Second Edition is the book for learning everything you need to know about Group Policy, no matter which version of Windows you use. Microsoft Group Policy MVP Jeremy Moskowitz covers it all-major Group Policy categories, what Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 bring to the table, and smart ways to tackle tough desktop management problems.

Record details

ISBN: 9781118289402
ISBN: 9781118289402
ISBN: 1118289404
ISBN: 1118331745
ISBN: 9781118331743
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Sybex/Wiley, ©2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Note continued: Profile Folders for Type 2 Computers (Windows Vista and Later) -- Default Local User Profile -- Default Network User Profile -- Roaming Profiles -- Setting Up Roaming Profiles -- Testing Roaming Profiles -- Roaming and Nonroaming Folders -- Managing Roaming Profiles -- Manipulating Roaming Profiles with Computer Group Policy Settings -- Manipulating Roaming Profiles with User Group Policy Settings -- Mandatory Profiles -- Establishing Mandatory Profiles for Windows XP -- Establishing Mandatory Profiles for Windows 8 -- Mandatory Profiles -- Finishing Touches -- Forced Mandatory Profiles (Super-Mandatory) -- Final Thoughts -- ch. 10 Implementing a Managed Desktop, Part 1: Redirected Folders, Offline Files, and the Synchronization Manager -- Overview of Change and Configuration Management -- Redirected Folders -- Available Folders to Redirect -- Redirected Documents/My Documents -- Redirecting the Start Menu and the Desktop -- Redirecting the Application Data Folder -- Group Policy Setting for Folder Redirection -- Troubleshooting Redirected Folders -- Offline Files and Synchronization -- Making Offline Files Available -- Inside Windows 8 File Synchronization -- Handling Conflicts -- Client Configuration of Offline Files -- Using Folder Redirection and Offline Files over Slow Links -- Synchronizing over Slow Links with Redirected My Documents -- Synchronizing over Slow Links with Regular Shares -- Teaching Windows 7 and Windows 8 How to React to Slow Links -- Using Group Policy to Configure Offline Files (User and Computer Node) -- Troubleshooting Sync Center -- Turning Off Folder Redirection's Automatic Offline Caching for Desktops -- Final Thoughts -- ch. 11 Managed Desktop, Part 2: Software Deployment via Group Policy -- Group Policy Software Installation (GPSI) Overview -- Windows Installer Service -- Understanding .MSI Packages -- Utilizing an Existing MSI Package -- Assigning and Publishing Applications -- Assigning Applications -- Publishing Applications -- Rules of Deployment -- Package-Targeting Strategy -- Advanced Published or Assigned -- General Tab -- Deployment Tab -- Upgrades Tab -- Categories Tab -- Modifications Tab -- Security Tab -- Default Group Policy Software Installation Properties -- General Tab -- Advanced Tab -- File Extensions Tab -- Categories Tab -- Removing Applications -- Users Can Manually Change or Remove Applications -- Automatically Removing Assigned or Published MSI Applications -- Forcibly Removing Assigned or Published .MSI Applications -- Using Group Policy Software Installation over Slow Links -- MSI, the Windows Installer and Group Policy -- Inside the MSIEXEC Tool -- Patching a Distribution Point -- Affecting Windows Installer with Group Policy -- Deploying Office 2010 and Office 2013 Using Group Policy -- Steps to Office 2010/2013 Deployment Using Group Policy -- Result of Your Office Deploying Using Group Policy -- Systems Center Configuration Manager vs. Group Policy -- GPSI and Configuration Manager Coexistence -- Final Thoughts -- ch. 12 Finishing Touches with Group Policy: Scripts, Internet Explorer, Hardware Control, and Printer Deployment -- Scripts: Logon, Logoff, Startup, and Shutdown -- Non-PowerShell-Based Scripts -- Deploying PowerShell Scripts to Windows 7 and Later Clients -- Managing Internet Explorer with Group Policy -- Internet Explorer Maintenance -- Where Is It? -- Managing Internet Explorer with Group Policy Preferences -- Internet Explorer's Group Policy Settings -- Managing Internet Explorer using the IEAK -- Restricting Access to Hardware via Group Policy -- Group Policy Preferences Devices Extension -- Restricting Driver Access with Policy Settings for Windows Vista and Later -- Getting a Handle on Classes and IDs -- Restricting or Allowing Your Hardware via Group Policy -- Understanding the Remaining Policy Settings for Hardware Restrictions -- Assigning Printers via Group Policy -- Zapping Down Printers to Users and Computers (a Refresher) -- Final Thoughts for This Chapter and for the Book -- Appendix A Group Policy and VDI -- Why Is VDI Different? -- Tuning Your Images for VDI -- Specific Functions to Turn Off for VDI Machines -- Group Policy Settings to Set and Avoid for Maximum VDI Performance -- Group Policy Tweaks for Fast VDI Video -- Tweaking RDP Using Group Policy for VDI -- Tweaking RemoteFX using Group Policy for VDI -- Managing and Locking Down Desktop UI Tweaks -- Final Thoughts for VDI and Group Policy -- Appendix B Security Configuration Manager -- SCM: Installation -- SCM: Getting Around -- SCM: Usual Use Case -- Importing Existing GPOs -- Comparing and Merging Baselines -- LocalGPO Tool -- Installing SCM's LocalGPO Tool -- Using SCM's LocalGPO -- Final Thoughts on LocalGPO and SCM -- Appendix C Windows Intune (And What It Means to Group Policy Admins) -- Getting Started with Windows Intune -- Using Windows Intune -- Setting Up Windows Intune Groups -- Setting Up Policies Using Windows Intune -- Windows Intune and Group Policy Conflicts -- Final Thoughts on Windows Intune.

Source of Description Note:

Online resource; title from cover (Safari, viewed June 7, 2013).