Archive for September 13, 2009

create a central store

Sep 13th

Posted by technoblogical in Active Directory

create a central store

ADMX files are the files that dictate group policy options. the problem is that in large organizations ADMX files may not update simultaneously. Then when you go to Group Policy Management Console, you get the local ADMX files. To remedy this problem you can create a central store where all Group Policy options are stored. This is called, ironically enough, a Central Store. This is a feature available on a Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller (Active Directory installed). You can notice the when you edit the administrative templates on your server.

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backup and restore a group policy object on server 2008 domain controller

Sep 13th

Posted by technoblogical in Active Directory

backup and restore a group policy object on server 2008 domain controller

This is a video on how to backup and restore a GPO (group policy object) on a server 2008 domain controller. As far as I know, these are mostly new features on Server 2008. You can restore the GPO by importing settings or if you modify it, you can return it to an earlier time. You can also save a report about the GPO that will show all it’s setting and affected organizational units (OU). These features require active directory be installed on the machine.

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