Group Policy allows centralized management of users, computers, applications and settings through Active Directory. It requires a domain controller with AD DS installed and computers and users must be joined to the domain. The Group Policy Management Console is used to create and link Group Policy Objects to domains or organizational units to apply policies to computers and users.

1. Group Policy Management

2. Group Policy
• Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft
Windows family of operating systems that
control the working environment of user
accounts and computer accounts. Group Policy
provides the centralized management and
configuration of operating systems,
applications, and users' settings in an Active
Directory environment.

3. Requirements for using Group Policy
• The network must be based on AD DS (that is,
at least one server must have the AD DS role
installed).
• Computers that you want to manage must be
joined to the domain, and users that you want
to manage must use domain credentials to log
on to their computers.
• You must have permission to edit Group Policy
in the domain.

4. Where Policy Apply?
Policies can be apply on;
• Computers
• Users

5. How to Start Group Policy
Management Console
• You start the GPMC from the Start menu: Click
Start, All Programs, Administrative Tools,
Group Policy Management. You can also click
Start, type Group Policy Management, and
then click Group Policy Management in the
Programs section of the Start menu.

6. Create a New GPO from a Starter GPO
• Open the Group Policy Management Console.
Expand the Starter GPOs node.
• Right-click the Starter GPO you want to use to
create a new Group Policy object and then
click New GPO from Starter GPO .
• In the New GPO dialog box, type the name of
the new Group Policy object in the Name box.
• Click OK .

8. To link a GPO to a domain or OU