Chapter 4. Configuring Group Policies

We saw user, computer, and group object management in the previous chapters. This chapter will take you through Group Policy Objects (GPO) management in Active Directory. Group Policies are widely used in the Windows environment for several purposes. Several user and computer settings can be managed and controlled in the Windows domain environment using PowerShell.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Installing Group Policies
  • Querying Group Polices
  • Creating and linking Group Policies
  • Working with Group Policy permissions
  • Generating Resultant Set Of Policies
  • Removing Group Policy links and objects

We will explore various Group Policy operations such as creation, modification, linking, enforcing, and ...

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