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• Sybex

Practical Guidance with Detailed Coverage of Windows Vista, XP, and Server 2003

This revision of the popular Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror is fully updated for Windows Vista. Inside, you'll learn how best to use Group Policy to take full advantage of Active Directory and create a managed desktop environment. You'll learn details about the GPMC, Group Policy troubleshooting techniques, and configuring Group Policy to create a resilient desktop environment. Inside, discover how to:

• Master all major Group Policy functions for all versions of Windows

• Troubleshoot Group Policy using tools, logs, Resource Kit utilities, registry hacks, and third-party tools

• Use Group Policy to secure your Windows Vista and Windows XP desktops

• Create and manage ADMX files and leverage the Group Policy Central Store

• Deploy Office 2007, Office 2003, and more using Group Policy Software Installation

• Utilize Windows Deployment Services to roll out new desktops

• Script complex Group Policy operations, including linking, backup, restore, permissions changes and migrating

• Set up roaming and managed desktops between XP and Vista machines

• Control hardware, restrict software, assign printers, and tweak Internet Explorer 7

• Coverage Includes: ADMX files, the Central Store, Offline Files Updates , Windows Deployment Services, and More

• Master Advanced Features: Inheritance Blocking, Prioritization, Linking, Loopback Policy Processing, Security Policy Processing, Enforcing, and WMI Filters

• Go Beyond Group Policy: Deploy Shadow Copies and Utilize Windows Deployment Services for Complete Protection of Your Data and Systems

About the Series

The Mark Minasi Windows Administrator Library equips system administrators with in-depth technical solutions to the many challenges associated with administering Windows in an enterprise setting. Series editor Mark Minasi, a leading Windows expert, not only selects the topics and authors, he also develops each book to meet the specific needs and goals of systems administrators, MIS professionals, help-desk personnel, and corporate programmers.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Group Policy Essentials.

Chapter 2: Managing Group Policy with the GPMC.

Chapter 3: Group Policy Processing Behavior.

Chapter 4: Troubleshooting Group Policy.

Chapter 5: ADM and ADMX Template Management.

Chapter 6: Implementing Security with Group Policy.

Chapter 7: Windows Vista Security Enhancements with Group Policy.

Chapter 8: Scripting GPMC Operations.

Chapter 9: Profiles: Local, Roaming, and Mandatory.

Chapter 10: Implementing a Managed Desktop, Part 1: Redirected Folders, Offline Files, and Disk Quotas.

Chapter 11: The Managed Desktop, Part 2: Software Deployment via Group Policy.

Chapter 12: More to Love: Deploying Printers, Shadow Copies, and Using Windows Deployment Services.

Appendix A: Group Policy Tools.

Index.

About the Author

Jeremy Moskowitz, founder of Moskowitz, inc. (www.moskowitz-inc.com), is an MCSE, MCSA and one of only six Microsoft MVPs (Most Valued Professionals) in Group Policy. He has performed Active Directory, Group Policy and Windows management consulting for some of the nation's largest organizations. Jeremy teaches his very popular Group Policy Intensive Training and Workshop classes and runs GPanswers.com, a community portal to help answer tough Group Policy questions. Jeremy frequently contributes to Windows IT Pro Magazine, REDMOND Magazine, and Microsoft Technet Magazine, and he has been a noted speaker at many industry conferences.

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