Chapter 3. Setting Up, Managing, and Troubleshooting Security Accounts and Policies

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • Local user account

  • Local group

  • Complex password

  • Domain user account

  • Global, Universal, and Domain Local groups

  • Security Identifier (SID)

  • Authentication

  • Security Center

  • Local Group Policy

  • Group Policy Object (GPO)

  • Resulting Set of Policies (RSoP)

  • Software Restriction Policy

  • Microsoft Passport

Techniques you'll need to master:

  • Adding and configuring new local user accounts

  • Adding users and groups from a Domain to a Local group

  • Properly renaming user accounts to maintain resource access

  • Configuring the Local Security Policy and the Local Group Policy

  • Understanding the order in which Group Policies apply to a user and computer when the computer is a member ...

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