Appendix A. Group Policy Tools

Obviously, the power of Group Policy is awesome, but some aspects of Group Policy and desktop management are better suited to additional tools. In this appendix, we're going to leverage a variety of tools to perform several key duties. We'll also finish discussing what the GPMC has to offer, specifically, migrating existing GPOs between domains. We'll then dive into the other free Group Policy management tools from Microsoft.

Last, we'll round up third-party Group Policy tools, third-party profiles tools, third-party ADM editing tools, and third-party Microsoft Installer (MSI) repackaging tools. However, it should be noted that Group Policy tool manufacturers constantly create and innovate. To that end, some manufacturers ...

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