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Chapter 6
Managing Desktop Environments with Group Policy
About This Chapter
Group Policy is the Windows 2000 tool that allows an administrator
to manage desktop environments throughout the network by applying
configuration settings to computers and users within a site, domain, or
organizational unit. Group policy settings are contained in Group
Policy Objects. This chapter introduces the Group Policy tool and how
to use group policy settings to manage the desktop environments on your
Windows 2000 networks.
Before You Begin
To complete this chapter
- You must have a computer that meets or exceeds the minimum
hardware requirements listed in "Getting Started."
- You must have installed Windows 2000 Server on a computer
meeting the specifications listed in the preceding bullet. The computer
should be installed as a domain controller in a domain and TCP/IP
should be the only installed protocol.
- Your computer should be using a static IP address.
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