Group Policy Overview
The Microsoft Group Policy infrastructure is a complex system that leverages several features and services included in the Windows server and client OSs and the IP networks that these systems reside on.
At its simplest, a group policy is a set of definitions created by administrators to centrally configure and deploy computer and user settings. Group policy contains an extensive set of options right out of the box and can be extended even further through third-party software vendors and through custom development of policy settings by advanced Group Policy administrators. As an example of Group Policy at work, a policy can be created to automatically install a network printer on all machines located in a particular office. ...
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