Chapter 8. Controlling GPOs with Scripts and Automation

As a result of significant effort and time, Group Policy is the centralized mechanism for Windows configuration management. Equal amounts of effort and time are being spent on automating the management of Group Policy. Scripts that control much of the overall capabilities that the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) provides have existed for a long time and have proven to be very useful.

The GPMC scripts duplicate the overall management capabilities that administrators can perform within the GPMC graphical user interface (GUI). You can manage links, permissions (delegation), reporting, and ...

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