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Testimonials

“ 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

“ I was able to apply some of the Group Policy best practices that I had not already implemented. I am also looking forward to implementing the many new Vista/W2K8 GPOs. ”

Anthony White, Sr. Systems Administrator, Adventist Health Systems


Anthony White, Sr. Systems Administrator, Adventist Health Systems

“ After taking Jeremy's class, I was able to create and troubleshoot Group Policy in our environment. Others tried to convince me that the "Microsoft Standard" is to have one huge policy, but roubleshooting that policy for them was a nightmare. After they saw how easy it was to create smaller, less complicated policies, troubleshooting became a piece of cake. ”

David Nietrzeba, Server Administrator, University of Toledo


David Nietrzeba, Server Administrator, University of Toledo

Group Policy Training - Live and Online

 

Why do I need
Group Policy Training?

Most companies spend a fortune in planning 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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