Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting

1.8. Using the GPMC in Active Directory

NOTE

For the examples in this book, I'll refer to our sample Domain Controller, DC01, which is part of my example Corp.com domain. For these examples, you can choose to rename the Default-First-Site-Name site or not—your choice.

Let's start with some basics to ensure that things are running smoothly. For most of the examples in this book, you'll be able to get by with just the one Domain Controller and one or two workstations that participate in the domain, for verifying that your changes took place.

Again, I encourage you to try these examples in your test lab and not to directly try them on your production network. This will help you avoid a CLM (Career-Limiting Move).

For our examples, we'll assume ...