MCITP: Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Administrator, Study Guide

6.1. Understanding Group Policy Scope

Whenever you create a Group Policy object using the Group Policy MMC, the first step is to define the policy and establish all its settings. Afterward, a little bit of Active Directory magic happens, and a Group Policy object (GPO) is created. However, in and of itself, that GPO doesn't do a whole lot. In fact, it does absolutely nothing until that policy is linked to one of three different administrative structures:

• Sites

• Domains

• Organizational units (OUs)

Once that link is established, the location where that link is referenced is called the scope of management (SOM). The Scope of Management basically tells the areas defined what they should pay attention to and how it affects them. Of course, multiple structures ...