Group Policy Fundamentals
Group Policy MVP Darren Mar-Elia - the "GPOGUY" - provides a thorough foundation for learning about and leveraging Group Policy in your Windows environment.
What you'll learn
This course, presented by 12-time Group Policy MVP Darren Mar-Elia, aka the "GPOGUY," provides you with all the information and tools you need to become a Group Policy expert. Starting with the basics around how Group Policy works, Darren shares his 15 years of Group Policy experience to teach you Group Policy, which parts to leverage for key scenarios, and the best ways to deploy it in your Windows desktop and server environments.
Table of contents
- Group Policy Processing 6m
- Demo: Understanding Group Policy Processing 5m
- Group Policy Targeting 3m
- Demo: Group Policy Targeting at Work 4m
- Group Policy Linking, Filtering, and Order of Processing 9m
- Demo: Examples of GPO Linking, Filtering, and 'LSDOU' 7m
- GPO Processing Hierarchy 10m
- Demo: GPO Processing Hierarchy 3m
- Summary 4m
- The Group Policy Processing Cycle 3m
- Background and Foreground Processing 4m
- Synchronous and Asynchronous Processing 6m
- Demo: Synchronous and Asynchronous Processing 3m
- Group Policy Processing Mechanics 8m
- Demo: Group Policy Processing Mechanics 3m
- Manual GP Processing 5m
- Demo: Manual GP Processing 3m
- Summary 2m
- The Three Policy Areas for Managing IE 6m
- Demo: Introducing the Three IE Policy Areas 3m
- Using GP Preferences Internet Settings 6m
- Demo: Using GP Preferences Internet Settings 3m
- Using IE Administrative Templates 4m
- Demo: Using IE Administrative Templates 8m
- Managing (and Removing) IE Maintenance Policy 5m
- Demo: Managing (and Removing) IE Maintenance Policy 4m
- Summary 3m
- How Folder Redirection Helps Redirect User Settings & Data 8m
- Demo: Understanding the User Profile 3m
- Implementing Folder Redirection 9m
- Demo: Implementing Folder Redirection 8m
- Using Group Policy Preferences for Folder Redirection 3m
- Demo: Using Group Policy Preferences for Folder Redirection 3m
- Summary 3m
- Group Policy Preferences Overview 8m
- Demo: Group Policy Preferences Overview 9m
- Managing Local Users and Groups 6m
- Demo: Managing Local Users and Groups 6m
- GPP Drive Mapping 4m
- Demo: GPP Drive Mapping 6m
- GPP Printer Mapping 3m
- Demo: GPP Printer Mapping 4m
- Using GPP for Registry Changes 4m
- Demo: Using GPP for Registry Changes 5m
- Summary 4m
About the author
Darren is CTO & Founder of SDM Software and has 30 years experience in IT and software, including CTO of Windows Management products at Quest Software, Technical Director for distributed infrastructure and Charles Schwab and Sr. Director of Product Engineering at DesktopStandard. He is an 11-time Microsoft Group Policy MVP and has been a contributing editor at Windows IT Pro Magazine since 1997.