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Group Policy Results and *Modeling for Windows Server 2003
Group Policy Results is one of THE best new features of GPMC. It allows you to see at a glance all the policies and all the
settings that will apply to a user when they logon at a named machine.
Close behind comes Group Policy Modeling; take the time to run the Wizards
through their paces and to check the numerous tabs and buttons.
In a nutshell, Group Policy Results saves you time. No more logging
off, then logging on as the user that wishes to test.
As with so many configurations, a wizard guides you through the choices
of which user at which computer. Do not neglect the Settings tab
because it will show you details
of the configurations enabled or disabled within the policy. The Group
Policy Results interface also creates a Query tab so that you can double
check your answers to the wizards questions.
It may be churlish to criticise, but one problem is that the users need
to have logged on once at the computer before you can create a report.
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It is almost as though Microsoft have read my mind when I criticised the
Report Wizard and provide a Modeling Wizard where you can choose any OU and
play 'What if' games with the policies.
As with the reports, the Modeling Wizard saves the settings so that you
can quickly refer to the policy settings, just click on the
show and hide hot links to see the details. Once again, take the time to explore all the
menus, otherwise you will not appreciate the power and scope of these tools.
For example, the Policy Event tab provides a filtered list of all relevant
events in the system log.
*(As an aside, modeling with one 'L', is the American
spelling)
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