RE: GPO's tips and concerns

["Depp, Dennis M." <deppdm () ornl gov>]

Michael,

Reguarding GPO's, test, Test, TEST!  GPO's allow you to make changes to
many computers very quickly.  This is a good thing, but can have some
unwanted consequences.  

Get the Group Policy Mangement Console from Microsoft.  This is a free
download that will help tremendously.  Microsoft has several good
webcasts on utilizing Group Policies. 

Always have a plan to undo the changes if needed.  Expecially if you are
creating your own adm templates.

Good Luck. 

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Netops [mailto:michael () bluesuperman com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:04 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: GPO's tips and concerns

Hello,

        Next week we are having a meet on Group Policy Management, since
I 
usually only look after Linux or Unix based machines. The GPO is a 
little new to me.

1. Are there any tips about using GPO's I should know ?
2. Any good online how to's or reference material I could read over ?
3. Any major concerns I should know about ?

I know this is kind of a open ended e-mail.

Thanks

Michael