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Thought experiment
Using Group Policy Preferences
In this thought experiment, apply what you've learned about this objective. You can
find answers to these questions in the “Answers” section at the end of this chapter.
You are the network administrator for TreyResearch.net. You want to provide new
users with a consistent experience that provides them access to resources to facili-
tate their transition. You opt to use Group Policy Preferences to provide them with
that experience during their first 90 days with the company.
1.
One of the most important resources is an electronic New Employee Handbook
that is regularly updated with new content. How can you ensure that employees
have access to the latest version?
2.
How could you ensure that the preference is only applied to employees during
their initial 90 probationary period?
3.
There are several intranet web sites that have employee related resources, offers
and forms. A consistent feedback from new employees is that they don't know
where to find all of these resources, which are on multiple, unconnected sites.
How can you make it easier for them to find what they need?
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Use Group Policy Preferences to configure Windows Settings and Control Panel
settings.
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Use item-level targeting to provide fine-grained control of which users or computers
the preference targets.
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Group Policy Preferences have four actions: Create, Delete, Replace and Update.
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The Replace action is a combination of Delete and Create; it removes any existing
settings.
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The Update action leaves the existing Windows or Control Panel settings in place and
changes only the specific settings in the preference item.
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Some preferences, such as Drive Mappings, are applied only during a Synchronous
Group Policy update. Over slow links, they typically are not processed.
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Use Group Policy Preferences to deploy standardized template files to all computers
covered by the GPO.
