Group Policy Video Mentor

Derek Melber (MCSE, MVP) is an independent speaker and consultant, and author of many IT books. Derek educates and evangelizes Microsoft technology, focusing on Active Directory, Group Policy, security, and desktop management. Derek owns an independent consulting company, BrainCore.Net. As one of only 10 MVPs on Group Policy in the world, Derek’s company is often called upon to develop end-to-end solutions regarding Group Policy and security for companies. Derek is one of only a few in the industry who have a deep knowledge of Group Policy, Group Policy Preferences, and auditing Windows security. Derek is the author of The Group Policy Resource Kitby Microsoft Press, which covers all aspects of the new features provided for Group Policy in Windows Server 2008 and Vista. You will most likely see Derek at one of the many conferences at which he speaks or the classes he delivers. When you meet Derek, you will see that he leverages his understanding of communication to explain the most complex and technical subjects in an exciting, energetic, understandable, and highly effective style. You can reach Derek at derekm@braincore.net.

Module 1: Introduction

Module 2: Understanding How Group Policy functions

Module 2: Lab 1 Creating Group Policy Objects

Module 2: Lab 2 Linking Group Policy Objects

Module 2: Lab 3 Creating and Linking Group Policy Objects in One Step

Module 2: Lab 4 Linking Group Policy Objects to the Active Directory Infrastructure

Module 3: Managing GPOs

Module 3: Lab 1 Setting the Domain Controller Used to Update Group Policy Objects

Module 3: Lab 2 Using Custom ADM Templates

Module 3: Lab 3 Creating a Central Store for ADMX/ADML Files

Module 4: Managing the Application of GPOs

Module 4: Lab 1 Updating Group Policy Objects with a Background Refresh

Module 4: Lab 2 Updating Group Policy Objects with a Foreground Refresh

Module 4: Lab 3 Viewing GPO Precedence Using the GPMC

Module 5: Modification of GPO Application

Module 5: Lab 1 Configuring Block Inheritance for Group Policy

Module 5: Lab 2 Enforcing a Group Policy Object

Module 5: Lab 3 Modifying Group Policy Object Security Filtering

Module 5: Lab 4 Controlling Group Policy Objects with Item-Level Targeting

Module 6: Structure and Settings Within a GPO

Module 6: Lab 1 Understanding Group Policy Templates

Module 6: Lab 2 Understanding Group Policy Containers

Module 7: Securing GPO Management

Module 7: Lab 1 Controlling the Creation of Group Policy Object Delegation

Module 7: Lab 2 Controlling the Linking of Group Policy Object Delegation

Module 7: Lab 3 Editing Group Policy Objects Through Delegation

Module 7: Lab 4 Managing Group Policy Object Delegation

Module 8: Common Troubleshooting Techniques

Module 8: Lab 1 Using the Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP) Tool

Module 8: Lab 2 Using the GPRESULT CLI Tool

Module 8: Lab 3 Accessing and Understanding Local Security Policies

Module 8: Lab 4 Verifying DNS Configuration on a Windows PC

 

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