Microsoft® Windows® Security Resource Kit, Second Edition

Chapter 6. Implementing Group Policy for Security

In this chapter:
Understanding Group Policy	103
Processing Group Policy Objects	110
Altering Group Policy Application	112
Managing Group Policy	114
Best Practices	116
Additional Information	117

One of the most powerful and useful security features in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 is Group Policy. Group Policy enables administrators to manage large numbers of users and computers running Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional centrally in the Active Directory directory service. The biggest security benefit of Group Policy is that you can use it to deploy and maintain a consistent security baseline configuration on computers that are members of a domain.