Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Managing Group Policy from Administrative or Remote Workstations

It is common for Windows system administrators to manage group policies from their own administrative workstations. To manage a Windows Server 2012 environment properly, domain Group Policy administration should only be performed using a Windows Server 2012 system with the Group Policy Management tools and the Print Services tools installed or a Windows 8 system with the Group Policy and Print Services tools installed. The main reason for this is that only the Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 GPMC exposes the Starter GPOs node and functions and the Print Services tools provide more functional management of network shared printers and GPO deployed printers. Of course, Windows Server ...