Introduction to Group Policy

Posted: 23.7.2000 10.31.49 (EET/GMT+2)

If you are using Windows 2000 in an Active Directory (AD) domain environment, Group Policy (GP) gives you centralized configuration management for your users and computers.

Policies can be applied to users, computers, or organizational units (OUs). Common policy settings include:

Desktop configuration
Password policies
Software deployment
Security settings.

Administrators can configure policies through the Active Directory management tools. Group Policy simplifies administration by applying settings consistently across multiple systems.