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Miles Consulting Corp's Active Directory Consultants
employ Group Policy to configure policy settings to targeted users and computers
within an Active Directory environment. Window Server supports a Central Store for
centralized XML based template storage, advanced logging and enhanced Group Policy
delivery and enforcement using Network Location Awareness.
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Group Policy Delivery & Enforcement
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 Workstation / Member Server Delivery
Workstation / Member Server Startup
Processed every 90-120 minutes (randomized)
Refreshes on NLA notifications (Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008)
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 User Delivery At user logon Processed approximately
every 90-120 minutes (randomized)
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 Domain Controller Delivery
Domain Controller Startup
Processed approximately every 5 minutes
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 FRS/DFS-R
Use File Replication Services (FRS) on Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003
Use Distributed File System Replication (DFS-R) on Windows Server 2008 Forest functional
environments.
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Group Policy Central Store
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Central Storage for Administartive Templates
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Central Store Benefits
Single point of storage
Multilingual support
Central Store hosted on windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, & Windows
Server 2008
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Network Location Awareness (NLA)
using Network Location Awareness Group Policy has access to resource detection and
event notification capabilities in the operating system. This allows Group Policy
to refresh after detecting the following events:
Recovery from hibernation or standby
Establishment of VPN sessions
Moving in or out of a wireless network
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Group Policy Tools
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Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008
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Manage new Windows Vista/Windows 2008 Policy settings.
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Manage Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP Machine Policy Settings.
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Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
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Cannot manage new Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 Policy Settings.
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Manage Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP machine Policy Settings.
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Group Policy Logging
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Windows Logs
Applications and Service Log
No "userenv.log" required
XML based event logs
Report, filte, and create customized log views
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Event Viewer Subscription
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Collect copies of events from multiple remote computers and store them locally.
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- Local Computer Policy
- LGPO Computer Configuration
- LGPO user Configuration
- Admin or Non-Admin Group Policy
- Local User Account Policy.
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