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How to Save Money, Time, and Headaches with Group Policy in Windows 7/ Windows Server 2008 R2

Kevin SullivanPrincipal Program Manager LeadMicrosoft Corporation

SESSION CODE: WCL323

Required Slide

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Session Objectives and Takeaways

Group Policy – quick overviewPowerShellAutomation is awesome

Object model will save you Group Policy PreferencesPower: manage, reportGet rid of login scripts

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Templates

ADM templates difficult to manage

Troubleshooting

User.env log

GP Result

Storing and Finding

Need to find settings? Where is that spreadsheet?

Local GPOs

Limited flexibility with a single local GPO

Settings

~1,800 policy settings in XP

Incomplete coverage means missing key scenarios

LGPO’s

LGPO

Local Computer Policy

Group Policy

Process

Part of

Winlogon

Network

Limited awareness of changing network conditions

SysVo

ADM

Group Policy Service

GP now runs in a shared service

Hardened Service, more reliable

Group Policy Settings

Lots of

new

policy

settings

with Windows

Vista and Windows 7

Extended GP for new Windows

Vista

and Windows 7 features

Network Location

Awareness (NLA)

NLA service provides the latest

network information

Applications can query or register with

NLA for network change indications

Group Policy Logging

Administrative log

Applications and Services log

XML based event logs

New Tools -

GPOLogView

Group Policy Templates

ADM Templates now in

ADMX files (ADMX, ADML)

Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008

ADM

ADMX

Multiple Local GPOs

LGPO’s

LGPO

Admin

User

User Specified Group Policy

Admin/Non-Admin Group Policy

Local Computer Policy

Group Policy Central Store

Centralized repository for ADMX

Contains all ADMX templates

Created in the

Sysvol

on DC

in each domain

FRS/DFS-R

SysVo

ADMX

ADML

Policies

GUID

ADM

Policy

Definations

ADMX, ADML Files

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Compliance

Q: How can I determine if my environment is compliant?

A:Use automation to run exhaustive tests

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Group Policy PowerShell

Save energy and time with automation

Set-

GPRegistryValue

HKLM\Uninstall\

GoogleToolbar

Configure a registry key

Sales GPO

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Configure the GPOManage the set of GPOs with scripts

Sales GPO

Hklm

\uninstall\googletoolbar

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Finance GPO

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Accounting GPO

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

Hklm

\uninstall\

googletoolbar

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GP PowerShell Cmdlets

Import-module

GroupPolicy

get-help *-

New

Set

Remove

Misc

Get

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GP PowerShell Examples

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PowerShell

Group Policy cmdlet overview

DEMO

Kevin Sullivan

Principal Program Manager – Lead

Microsoft

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More GP PowerShell Examples

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…and more GP PowerShell Examples

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Moving on….

And now for something completely different

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Save Time

Remove login scripts

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Save Power (Schemes)

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Group Policy

Preferences

New

in R2:

Vista+ support Power Plans and Scheduled Tasks

Targeting and configuration beyond policy

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Configuring

Familiar Experience

Powerful browsersGranular: Red/Green

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Preferences

Group Policy PreferencesDEMO

Kevin Sullivan

Principal Program Manager – Lead

Microsoft

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Targeting

Item level targeting, not GPO level

Robust targeting

29 types

Boolean logic (And, Or, Not)

Collections

Intuitive UI

No need to learn query languages

Granular item level targeting

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What do you mean ‘item’?

{

Printer GPO_1

HP Lobby Printer

Users:

ExecAssistants

{

Printer GPO

HP Lobby Printer

Users:

ExecAssistants

IP range: 10.0.0.1-.23

Hours: 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri

DEFAULT

HP Lobby Printer

Users:

ExecAssistants

IP range: 10.0.0.24-.72

{

Printer GPO_2

HP Lobby PrinterUsers: ExecAssistants

{Printer GPO_3

HP Lobby Printer

Users:

ExecAssistants

{

Printer GPO_4

HP Lobby Printer

Users:

ExecAssistants

{

Printer GPO 5

HP Lobby Printer

Users:

ExecAssistants

{

Printer GPO_6

HP Lobby Printer

Users:

ExecAssistants

IP range: 11.0.0.1-.37

IP range: 11.0.0.38-.77

IP range: 12.0.0.1-.37

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Granular Actions

Create : create newR

eplace : delete and recreate if present, else create.Update : update if present, else create.Delete: remove

True Preference

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Preferences

Group Policy PreferencesDEMO

Kevin Sullivan

Principal Program Manager – Lead

Microsoft

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Light Weight

Multiple items

XMLDescriptions/Comments

Easy to author, easy to understand

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Policy vs. Preference

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Save Time – Replace Scripting

Easy to Set up, Report, Maintain

Use cases:

drive mappings, default printers,

shortcuts, local users

and groups, file and folder options…

Replace logon scripts

Reduce number

images

Fewer scripts = less complicated, less time to apply

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What have we learned

TimeAutomation to script day-to-day tasksScript to maintain healthy environment

Object model to make interesting decisions when scripting

Money

Manage power using Preferences

Admins can focus on troubleshooting instead of maintenance

Headache

Reduce logon time

Replace logon scripts with easy to manage Preferences

No need for custom ADMX

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Deploying GP Preferences

Client Side Extension (CSE)

Download: XP+, Server 2003, VistaUpdate: Windows Vista Sp1

In box: Windows 7

GPMC

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista SP1 + RSAT

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows 7 + RSAT

Management Console

Client

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Links & Resources

Group Policy Team Blog

http://blogs.technet.com/grouppolicy

RSAT Windows Vista SP1 32-bit Edition (KB941314):

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=115118

RSAT Windows Vista SP1 64-bit Edition (KB941314):

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=116472

Group Policy TechNet page

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/grouppolicy

Group Policy Settings Reference Windows Vista SP1

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2043B94E-66CD-4B91-9E0F-68363245C495&displaylang=en

Group Policy Preferences : Getting Started

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731892.aspx

Recording and Resources for

This Academy Live Session

http://

Academy

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