Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Group Policy Management Console

The most functional and useful tool provided to create and manage Active Directory group policies is the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). The GPMC was introduced after the release of Windows Server 2003; the functionality included with different OSs produces different options and resulting operations when creating and managing Active Directory group policies. This is the main tool for managing the Group Policy infrastructure.

The GPMC is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in and can be added to a custom console. The GPMC snap-in provides the most functionality for administrators who want to manage domain group policies. The GPMC provided with Windows Server 2012 can perform the following Group Policy ...