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Starter GPOs
One feature that’s completely new to Server 2008 is the concept of Starter GPOs. When I’m out consulting with other organizations and see that no Group Policies are in use anywhere in the domain, often the biggest reason is that administrators, “just don’t know where to start.”
With Starter GPOs, Microsoft provides the administrator that starting point for some of the common functions typically desired by administrators. To use them, the Starter GPOs folder must first be created in the domain. Do this by opening a Server 2008 GPMC and click on the Starter GPOs node. A button will appear with the text stating The Starter GPOs folder does not currently exist in this domain. Click on the button below to create this folder.
More info and links to all the posts in this series at Greg’s Realtime Windows Server Community…
