In addition to a change of title from the fourth edition's Group Policy: Management, Troubleshooting, and Security, the new edition discusses updated Group Policy management console features such as filters, comments, and starter GPOs; scripting Group Policy operations with PowerShell; advanced Group Policy management; and Group Policy preference extensions.
Server 2003: The follow-on components Greenwich, Microsoft's 'business class' instant messaging application; Group Policy Management Console, a new tool that unifies the management of users under Windows 2003; Team Services, a new collaboration tool, and Sharepoint Services, for building information sharing portals; Rights Management Services, a digital rights management tool; System Resource Manager, a console for managing the allocation of resources on Windows servers; Automated Deployment Services, a tool intended to simplify the provisioning of Windows servers; Virtual Server technology recently acquired from Connectix, which enables multiple operating systems to run on the same server.
The Microsoft Group Policy Management Console provides a strong foundation for managing Group Policy," said Jackson Shaw, senior director of product management for Active Directory and Integration Solutions, Quest Software.
Quest products for Group Policy include: --Quest Group Policy Manager -- Built to augment the Microsoft Group Policy Management Console, Group Policy Manager provides comprehensive Group Policy Object (GPO) management with additional features such as version control, offline GPO editing, enhanced RSoP reporting, archival and restoration, templates, change notification and approval, quick rollback and a test framework that allows users to securely test changes to GPOs in the lab before implementing into production.
Other highlights of the product include: integration with Microsoft Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), INI file support and detailed reports on Group Policy Extensions available via a Group Policy Object Editor snap-in.
NET Framework and Web Services technology, GPAnywhere extends Microsoft's Group Policy Management Console to generate "executable" policies that can be distributed over the internet and applied to any remote machine.
Quest Group Policy Manager uses the Microsoft Group Policy Management Console as its foundation, allowing customers to leverage and extend the capabilities they already have," said Jackson Shaw, product manager at Microsoft Corp.
