A quick assortment of useful Group Policy concepts starting with a quick review of what Group Policies are, how they work, what they can do (in general).
Sections on the following concepts are included:
* Software Restriction Policies
* Group Policy Preferences
* Loopback Preferences
* Backing up your GPO's with PowerShell
I only had about 45 minutes to go through this, so the topics are glanced over, but it gives the viewer a decent idea of the various aspects of Group Policy.
Preparing to integrate? Join us to better understand how to store sensitive secrets on the Force.com Platform. Learn all the best practices for keeping your passwords, keys, and tokens secure. We will walk you through encrypted fields, protected custom settings, managed packages, and the brand new Named Credentials feature to provide you with all the knowledge you need to store a secret.
#vBrownBag presentation given on OpenStack Summit 2015
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For more details check
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https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/PolicyGuidedFulfillmentDemo
A quick assortment of useful Group Policy concepts starting with a quick review of what Group Policies are, how they work, what they can do (in general).
Sections on the following concepts are included:
* Software Restriction Policies
* Group Policy Preferences
* Loopback Preferences
* Backing up your GPO's with PowerShell
I only had about 45 minutes to go through this, so the topics are glanced over, but it gives the viewer a decent idea of the various aspects of Group Policy.
Preparing to integrate? Join us to better understand how to store sensitive secrets on the Force.com Platform. Learn all the best practices for keeping your passwords, keys, and tokens secure. We will walk you through encrypted fields, protected custom settings, managed packages, and the brand new Named Credentials feature to provide you with all the knowledge you need to store a secret.
#vBrownBag presentation given on OpenStack Summit 2015
Policy is a generic way to control fulfillment (deployment) of applications. This presentation describes current implementation status in Kilo release of OpenStack.
For more details check
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/PolicyGuidedFulfillment
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/PolicyGuidedFulfillmentDemo
Group Policy enables policy-based administration using Microsoft Active Directory services. Group Policy uses directory services and security group membership to provide flexibility and support extensive configuration information. Policy settings are specified by an administrator. This contrasts with profile settings, that are specified by a user. Policy settings are created using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in for Group Policy. This slide deck covers Group Policy Application, how to resolve Client Configuration Failures and Group Policy Objects (GPO) Application Issues from the course Supporting and Troubleshooting Windows 10 (M10982) lead by Windows 10 expert and Microsoft Certified instructor, John Panagakos.
How to implement an enterprise system. Tips from my experience, touching: Project Management, Preparation, Build the customer specific implementation, Prepare roll-out, Deployment & Support
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Watch full webinar here: https://bit.ly/3DsNyli
Securitizing data is one of the most important tasks in an organization. Denodo can offer a wide range of data, gathering data from different sources, and delivering this data to many client applications and final users. When returning the data, Denodo provides several options to securitize the data, and just let the right users and client applications read this data. One of the options for achieving this purpose is using fine-grained privileges over the view.
Join us in this session with Javier Gayoso, a Technical Consultant at Denodo, in which we will go into the importance of security policies based on fine-grained privileges over the views at different layers, and how this can be implemented in the Denodo Platform. This session is a follow-up to the Tech Talk session “Surpassing element by element access control: semantic-based security policies”, and previous knowledge on Denodo Security and the different features of fine-grained view privileges is recommended.
Watch on-demand & learn:
- Modeling fine-grained privileges in a multi-layer architecture using roles.
- Designing the caching and smart query acceleration strategies considering the view security requirements.
Handling NFRs for the API through API policies (Custom Policies) -Part 2 | Mu...MysoreMuleSoftMeetup
Handling NFRs for the API through API policies (Custom Policies) -Part 2 | MuleSoft Mysore Meetup #26
Event Link:- https://meetups.mulesoft.com/events/details/mulesoft-mysore-presents-part-2-handling-nfrs-for-the-api-through-api-policies-custom-policies/
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API’s NFR & Handling NFR
API Out of the Box Policies
API Policy Enforcement
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-Develop, Package, Publish & Manage a Custom Policy
-Use Case : Creating a Custom policy
For Upcoming Meetups Join Mysore Meetup Group - https://meetups.mulesoft.com/mysore/
Youtube:- youtube.com/@mulesoftmysore
Mysore WhatsApp group:- https://chat.whatsapp.com/EhqtHtCC75vCAX7gaO842N
Speaker:-
Vijayaraghavan Venkatadri:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayaraghavan-venkatadri-b2210020/
Organizers:-
Shubham Chaurasia - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shubhamchaurasia1/
Giridhar Meka - https://www.linkedin.com/in/giridharmeka
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See the full video & audio version here - http://www.unitek.com/training/certification-webinars/webinar/
Sally Reade
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Managing and delivering desktops that meet end-user expectations and enforce policy is a 24x7 nightmare for IT. End users want a consistent, responsive, and personalized computing experience regardless of device, time of day, or location so they can be more productive. However, traditional approaches to user workspace management, like logon scripts and Group Policies, are complex and impossible to maintain.
There are some appropriate ways to deploy and implement IBM DevOps tools including Team Concert DOORs NG, Quality Manager, and the various Rational IDE's. However, there are many wrong ways to do it wrong. This presentation, from InterConnect 2016, focuses on trends that we have seen over the past few years that simply, don't work, and how to avoid the pitfalls.
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results similar to those stated here.
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3. Welcome!
My background:
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IBMer since 1995, Domino/Notes since 1997 (R5), Policy Area Owner since 8.5
Full disclosure: this session is about policies, not policy settings! (~1,000)
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For a good discussion on that, see:
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http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm
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Why this session?
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Policies are like a Swiss army knife, very useful, but confusing
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6. Deep Dive
Policy cache
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Policy cache
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Managed Settings
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10. Deep Dive
Location, location!
The client gets the home server from the Location document:
The server gets it from the Person document:
They may be different!
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12. Deep Dive
Precedence vs. Scope
Three policy types:
Organizational
Dynamic
Explicit
Increasing precedence
Increasing scope
Use the policy type that matches your scope!
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http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/dominopolicy-precedence-explained
13. Deep Dive
Precedence vs. Scope
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Where's Dynamic?!
Dynamic = Explicit policy with entries in the Policy Assignment tab
Explicit = Explicit policy with no entries in the Policy Assignment tab
You could use the same policy as both!
14. Deep Dive
Precedence vs. Scope
Common policy pattern:
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Organizational policy has company wide setting: e.g. Password expiration
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Individual features enabled via Dynamic policy: e.g. ID Vault, Managed Replica
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Exceptions to feature deployment via Explicit policy: No ID Vault
15. Deep Dive
Precedence vs. Scope
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Enforce overrides precedence
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The value will be used
Inheritance compliments precedence
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The value will be used if there is no value in the parent, otherwise that will be used
16. Deep Dive
How To Apply controls
Don't Set
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Does NOT mean use a default, it means does not exist for this policy
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Explicitly set any setting you don't intend to use to Don't Set.
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Set Initial
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Best used for initial deployments
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Old Setup policy = Desktop policy with Set Initial for all values
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Set Whenever Modified
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Most commonly used
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Set and Prevent Changes
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Use to lock down user modifiable settings
17. Deep Dive
How To Apply controls
'Admin only' settings only have Don't Set Value.
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Set Initial, Set Whenever modified, and Set and Prevent Changes are only available
when there is a user interface to change them
19. Best Practices
Is there a published set of best practices? This is it!
Use the least amount of policies to implement your needs
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Unnecessary policies increase your TCO
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Don't create one at every level in a hierarchy
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Use precedence and Inherit/Enforce controls to reduce number of policies
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Re-use settings documents across policies
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Modify policies on the administration server of the domain
20. Best Practices
Use Autopopulated groups added in Domino 8.5
Use autopopulated groups to construct a Domain group hierarchy:
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One autopopulated group per mail server: e.g. U2HomeServer
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Group for cluster contains the mail server autopopulated groups:
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e.g. JoshuaTreeHomeServers = U2HomeServer, etc
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One group contains all the clusters in the domain: e.g.
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IrisDomainHomeServer = JoshuaTreeHomeServers, etc.
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Now you can e-mail users at any level or use in Policies
23. Best Practices
How is the previous setup helpful?
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Example 1: New employee is on boarded, registered with a given home mail server
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Employee is added to autopopulated group for that server, gets policies
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No further actions for the admin!
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Example 2: Existing employee takes international assignment, company has different
policies for regional mail servers
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Admin uses mail file move to change users home mail server
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Employee is removed from original home server's auto-populated group to new
server's group
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Employee automatically gets new policies
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No further actoins for the admin!
25. Best Practices
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Use dynamic policies with groups not people!
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Specifying lots of individual people reduces performance and increases TCO
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Examine hidden view to locate bad policies, $PoliciesByGroup
26. Best Practices
Use Policy Synopsis tool
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Can be used to debug problems, start with user's home mail server
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Can also be used to verify new policies before going into production
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Launched from Admin client's People and Group or Configuration tabs
Must re-link policies when copying them
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Useful when trying out changes to production in a test environment
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Needed when submitting Directory to support for PMRs
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Watch out for the 'Set Initial' trap! Use only for setup situations.
27. Best Practices
When removing a policy:
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Policies are a push model, don't just remove!
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First change settings to 'default' values and let deploy
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'Disable' the policy instead of removing them
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For Explicit policies, clear Policy Assignment tab.
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For Organizational polices, modify the fullname.
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Allows for quick restoration in case of problem
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Consider using your administrators group as a pilot group for policies
28. Best Practices
Consider a special ID to sign all policies
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Pro: Prevents “Policy has been modified since signed” when admin leaves the
company!
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Con: Can no longer tell who last modified the policy
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Cloud: Signs with server ID, uses tool to re-sign admin modified policies
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How to tell who signed the policy?
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The Signed By column in the view is NOT the way to go, it's the $Updated By value:
29. Best Practices
Open policy and look for the Signature or Encryption icon:
In policy view, use Actions → Resign Policy to do just that
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30. Best Practices
Use machine specific policies for special situations: laptop vs desktop, Citrix
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Adding new ones:
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21474598
Troubleshooting:
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http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21501673
Client only
32. Best Practices
To force a policy update from the server:
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For a user, just Edit/Save their person document
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For a whole server:
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Restart the server
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Load updall names.nsf -T $Policies -R
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Go to the Policies view and enter: CONTROL-SHIFT
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Works because policy view timestamp is part of policy update trigger
33. Best Practices
To force a policy update from the client:
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Since 8.5, just clearing the $Policies view in PNAB doesn't do it!
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Run dynconfig manually from the executable directory: ndyncfg.exe 20
34. Best Practices
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To force a policy update from the client via mailed LS button: (cont)
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Clear client side cached info via LotusScript:
Sub Click(Source As Button)
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim doc As NotesDocument
Dim s As New NotesSession
Set Db = New NotesDatabase ("","names.nsf")
Set doc = Db.GetProfileDocument("directoryprofile",s.username)
Call doc.Remove(True)
Call doc.save(True,True)
Messagebox "Cleanup Complete Restart Client" , 48, "DONE!!"
End Sub
36. Smart Cloud Notes
The service creates an Organizational policy for each customer
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Contains pre-set settings needed for the service to operate
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These settings will override any customer policy settings
Only Dynamic policies are supported, no Organizational or Explicit policies (assigned in
Person documents
To simulate Organizational policies, use wildcards, e.g. */IBM, in Dynamic policy Assignment
field
Use groups, only use individual user names when necessary
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Don't use the following: LLNServers, LLNMailHubs, <Certifiers>_* or SAAS*
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Must be unique across directories
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Archiving, Registration, Roaming, Traveler types are not supported
37. Smart Cloud Notes
Desktop, Mail, and Security are supported with restrictions for certain fields
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See:
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/bhwiki.nsf/xpDocViewer.xsp?lookupName=Administering+Sma
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Review and cleanup your policies before first synching with the cloud.
For multiple domains, incorporate domain name into policy and settings names
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Must have unique policy names across domain
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39. Additional Information
Wiki articles - http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/xpViewTags.xsp?
categoryFilter=Policies
Policy Blog - http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dpdblog.nsf
Debug Decision Tree http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/Notes__Domino_Policy_Flow_Chart
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Smart Cloud Notes - http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/bhwiki.nsf/xpDocViewer.xsp?
lookupName=Administering+SmartCloud+Notes
%3A+Hybrid+Environment#action=openDocument&res_title=Using_administrative_policies
_HY&content=pdcontent
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