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Testimonials

“ I’m a [Federal] employee who took your course through [our IT offices] a couple of years ago (or less). Just wanted to say thanks so much for the excellent training because I finally had a chance to use it in depth for the first time (had done a few MINOR GPO tasks previously) and was able (with SOME guidance from others) to do what I needed to do based on what I learned in your class. FYI, we had to apply (with some editing) NIST policies to our PCs and I’m really grateful for having had the training with you because it came in VERY handy during this crunch to comply with OMB mandates to do this by Feb 4, 2008. Keep up the good work and I’ll encourage my staff to consider your training the next time you are in our neighborhood. ”

Jane, Federal Employee


Jane, Federal Employee

“ Jeremy, I just wanted to say thanks again for the information presented in your training this week. I was able to learn a number of tips & tricks concerning GP that will be applicable in our environment. We have two departments that can surely use their own OU and be managed with GP. I've been wanting to do this for awhile and now that I've been pointed in the right direction, I can finally make it happen. You're awesome, dude. ”

Jeffrey Ballard, Oregon Department of Transportation


Jeffrey Ballard, Oregon Department of Transportation

“ After hearing Jeremy speak, I realized that I have a great deal of work to do. I came in knowing little about GP, except for the fact that it is a powerful tool. As a manager, I accompanied my co‐worker to this training so that I would get enough info to speak intelligently to him to express my wishes for my network. I believe that with your training and new books, my network engineer and I can confidently move forward. ”

Philip Taylor, CIO, Christian School District, State of Kentucky


Philip Taylor, CIO, Christian School District, State of Kentucky

Group Policy Training - Live and Online

 

Why do I need
Group Policy Training?

Most companies spend a fortune in plainning and migrating to Active Directory. Then once they have Active Directory in place, the next logical question is "What do we do with it?"

Group Policy is what you do with Active Directory - you control and manage your clients and servers with the nearly limitless power it offers.

We have several classes to choose from including public, private, and sponsored classes.

What is meant by "public, private and sponsored" classes?

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Download a PDF brochure with all of our classes

This class is taught by Group Policy MVP and expert instructor Jeremy Moskowitz and other GPanswers.com expert instructors.

Intermediate / Expert

How is this course different than our other courses?

If you've ever taken our two-day (Intensive Essentials) or three-day (Less Intensive Essentials) course, this is the next class you should take.

This is the "Two-day Group Policy 2.0 Catch-Up" class to take your existing Group Policy knowledge and update it quickly to understand the new Group Policy Preference Extensions, the GPMC 2.0, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

This course assumes in-depth Group Policy knowledge, like what you would get from the Two-Day or Three-Day Group Policy Fundamentals course for XP. So be sure you have this before signing up.

BRIEF OUTLINE

Part I: The GPMC 2.0
  • Getting the GPMC 2.0
  • Installing the GPMC 2.0 on Windows Server 2008
  • Installing the GPMC 2.0 on Windows Vista
  • Understanding the RSAT tools
  • GPMC 2.0 new core features
  • Using GPMC Comments
  • Using GPMC Filters
  • Using GPMC Starter GPOs
Part II: Group Policy Preference Extensions (Part I)
  • Understanding which clients can utilize GPPEs
  • Manually delivering the update to existing clients
  • Automatically delivering the update to existing clients
  • Preference vs. Policy
  • Understanding the 21 new categories of features
Part III: Group Policy Preference Extensions (Part II)
  • Action modes
  • Common Tab
  • Circles and Lines
  • Dealing with the Overlap of Original Group Policy features vs. GPPEs
  • Item Level Targeting
  • Group Policy Preference Extensions Reporting
  • Sharing your work with other administrators
Part IV: What's New in Windows Vista core Group Policy functionality
  • New Client Side Extensions
  • Multiple Local GPOs (MLGPOs)
  • Understanding ADM vs. ADMX files
  • Creating a unified MMC console
  • When to bring in a Vista Management station
  • Creating and leveraging the Central Store
  • Understanding Group Policy and Slow Link Processing for Vista
Part V: Group Policy Troubleshooting for Windows Vista and Group Policy Preference Extensions
  • Where to start troubleshooting Vista problems
  • Turning on special Vista Event Logs
  • Making lemonade from Logs
  • Using Event Filters to hone in on problems
  • GPLogview tool
  • Other verbose Logs
  • Group Policy Preference Extensions Tracing logs
Part VI: Creating the Perfect Desktop with Group Policy, Profiles and Group Policy Preference Extensions
  • Understanding Type 0, 1, and 2 profiles
  • Making sure XP and Vista machines see the same data in the profile
  • How do Vista roaming profiles differ from XP?
  • How do Vista roaming profiles react over a slow link?
  • How does Vista react to shares over a slow link?
  • What happens if other administrators try to manage folder redirection settings?
  • How do XP and Vista Offline files differ?
  • What is the new way to deploy Windows machines?
  • Leveraging Group Policy Preference Extensions to reduce need on number of images
  • Leveraging Group Policy Preference Extensions to reduce need on Logon Scripts

 

WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO BRING

While not strictly required, this class is enhanced if the attendees each have their own machine bring their own laptop to class. This is so we can perform real-world workshop experiments to solidify the concepts learned during the lecture and demonstrations. Each attendee should come to class with a laptop with at least the following specifications:

  • Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Vista pre-loaded
  • User has local administrative logon rights to the laptop
  • Pentium III at 500 Mhz (Pentium 4 at 1Ghz or Pentium Centrino at 1Ghz Recommended)
  • 2GB REQUIRED (this is different than other classes. Be sure you have 2GB or more of memory !)
  • 4GB Desired for this class, as that way you can run two Vista virtual machines side by side. This is the best way to take this course, though it can be done just fine with 2GB of memory.
  • 30GB free hard drive space (yes, 30GB)

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