Group Policy 3rd Edition – Free PDF BooksGroup PolicyFundamentalsSecurity, and theManaged DesktopThird editionGroup PolicyFundamentalsSecurity, and theManaged DesktopThird editionJeremy MoskowitzSYBEXA Wiley BrandSenior Acquisitions Editor: Kenyon BrownDevelopment Editor: Sara BarryTechnical editor: alan burchillProduction Editor: Elizabeth CampbellCopy Editor: Judy FlynnEditorial Manager: Mary Beth WakefieldProduction Manager: Kathleen WisorAssociate Publisher: Jim MinatelBook Designers: Judy Fung and Bill gibsonCompositors: Craig Woods and Kate Kaminski, Happenstance Type-O-RamaProofreaders: Jenn Bennett, Jen Larsen Word One New YorkIndexer: Johnna VanHoose DinseProject Coordinator, Cover: Brent SavageCover Designer: WileyCover Image: O Mehmet Hilmi Barcin /iStock PhotoCopyright@ 2015 by John Wiley Sons, Inc, Indianapolis, IndianaPublished simultaneously in CanadaISBN:978-1-11903558-9ISBN:9781119035671ebk)ISBN:9781119035688(ebk)No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form orby any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior writtenpermission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the copy-right Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA01923, (978)750-8400, fax(978)646-8600Requests to the publisher for permission should be addressed to the permissions department John WileSons, Inc, 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ, (201)748-6011, fax(201)748-6008, or online athttp://www.wiley.com/go/permissionsLimit of Liability/ Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher and the author make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this work and specifically disclaimall warranties, including without limitation warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. 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I'm really glad to have you on my team, helping me clean up the littlemesses I made during the writing process and taking on a heavy responsibility. noteIf there are still any technical problems with the book, blame me, not him. Alan wasawesomeI want to thank Sara Barry for taking my initial chapters and kneading them from a wadof dough into tasty pizza And to Elizabeth Campbell, who has worked with me throughevery major project to completion for almost 15 years now. We joke that she's "been makingJeremy sound like Jeremy since 2001. , And it's mostly true. Thank youSpecial thanks to my Sybex and Wiley compatriots: Ken Brown, Mariann Barsolo, JimMinitel, Mary Beth Wakefield, and everyone else on the Sybex/Wiley team. Once againyour dedication to my book's success means so much to me. You take everything I createand deal with it so personally, and i really know that. Thank you, very sincerely.Thanks to Jeff Hicks, PowerShell MVP, who helped me write appendix a on groupPolicy and Power Shell. Jeff, you did a smashing job as usual. Thank youThank you to Microsoft Group Policy team and the group policy Mvps who supportme directly and indirectly, and help me out whenever they can.Thank you, Mark Minasi, for being a trusted friend and a great inspiration to mepersonally and professionallA special thanks to my GPanswers com and Policy pak Team: You are awesome and it'sgreat to work with you every dayFinally, I want to thank you. If you're holding this book, there's a good chance you'veowned a previous edition or multiple previous editions. Thank you for your trust, and forpurchasing and repurchasing each edition of this book i work so hard to bring you each timeWhen I meet you, the reader of this book, in person, it makes the hours and hours spenton a project like this vaporize away to a distant memory Thank you for buying the book, forjoining me at my live events and at GPAnswers. com, and for using my PolicyPak softwareYou all make me the best“me” I can be. ThanksAbout the authorJeremy Moskowitz Group Policy MVP, is the founder of GPanswers com and Policy PakSoftware(policypak.com).HeisanationallyrecognizedauthorityonWindowsServerActive Directory, Group Policy, and Windows management. He is one of fewer than a dozenMicrosoft MVPs in Group Policy. His GPanswers com is ranked by Computerworld as a"Top20 Resource for Microsoft IT Professionals. Jeremy is a sought-after speaker and trainer atmany industry conferences and, in his training workshops, helps thousands of administratorseveryyeardomorewithgrouppolicyContactJeremybyvisitingwww.gpanswers.coMorwww.Policypak.coM