Windows Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

10-5: Enforce Corporate Policies with Group Policy

Solution overview

Type of solution	Guidance
Features and tools	Domain-linked GPOs, security group filtering, enforced GPO links
Solution summary	Enforce corporate IT security and usage policies using enforced, domain-linked GPOs, but be prepared to manage exceptions and migration to the policies.
Benefits	Fully managed application of corporate IT security and usage policies

Introduction

Your organization probably—hopefully—has a document that specifies its policies regarding IT security and the usage of company computers and networks. If not, you should develop one! Assuming you have something like that in place, or at least thought out, you can begin to implement those policies within your Active Directory ...