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Group Policy Inheritance

Group policy inheritance affects the order in which different policies are processed. This may not sound impressive, but it’s important. Sadly, this is only true up to a point. There are other considerations. For example, a later GPO may not make any conflicting changes to an earlier policy so the earlier policy appears to survive.…

Introduction to Group Policy

Group policies are used to restrict what a user can and can’t do. For example, they can be used to remove the “run” command from a users start menu, or to set a specific background image. Group policies are very similar to the local policies , but on a workstation computer the Domain group policy…

Active Directory Computers Quiz

This quiz covers the the training module “Comuters”. This module contains three lessons. Creating Computers and Joining a Domain Automating the Creation of Computer Objects Supporting Computer Objects and Accounts [mtouchquiz 20]

Supporting Computer Objects and Accounts

Configuring Computer Properties When you create a computer object, you are prompted to configure only the most fundamental attributes, including the computer name and the delegation to join the computer to the domain. Computers have several properties that are not visible when creating the computer object, and you should configure these properties as part of…

Automating the Creation of Computer Objects

Importing Computers with CSVDE You were introduced to the Comma-Separated Values Data Exchange (CSVDE) command earlier. CSVDE is a command-line tool that imports or exports Active Directory objects from or to a comma-delimited text file (also known as a comma-separated value text file, or .csv file). The basic syntax of the CSVDE command is: csvde…

Creating Computers and Joining a Domain

The default configuration of Windows Server 2008, 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 is that the computer belongs to a workgroup. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Before you can log on to a computer with a domain account, that computer must belong to the domain. To join the domain,…

Active Directory Groups Quiz

This quiz covers the the training module “Users”. This module contains five lessons. Group Types and Scopes Creating and Managing Groups Automating the Creation and Management of Groups Administering Groups in an Enterprise Default Groups [mtouchquiz 19]

Default User Groups in Windows Server 2008

A number of groups are created automatically on a server running Windows Server 2008. These are called default local groups, and they include well-known groups such as Administrators, Backup Operators, and Remote Desktop Users. Additional groups are created in a domain, in both the Builtin and Users containers, including Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, and Schema…

Administering Groups in an Enterprise

Previous lessons prepared you to perform daily administrative tasks related to groups in Active Directory. You have learned to create, modify, and delete groups, using a variety of tools and procedures. This lesson rounds out your exploration of groups by preparing you to take advantage of useful group attributes for documenting groups, to delegate the…

Automating the Creation and Management of Groups

Creating Groups with Dsadd. The Dsadd command, introduced earlier, enables you to add objects to Active Directory. To add a group, type the command dsadd group GroupDN, where GroupDN is the DN of the group, such as “CN=SalesManagers,OU=Managers,DC=es-net,DC=co,DC=uk.” Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Creating Groups with Dsadd Be certain to surround…