Sometimes the best tool is learning how to use the tools you have. Group Policy is a powerful ally of any IT admin. And while it has gotten considerably easier to use recently, who really has the time to spend learning it? What if you could learn to take control of GPP in just 3 hours...? AT YOUR DESKTOP!
Microsoft released Group Policy Preferences with Windows Server 2008. There are over 3,000 new Group Policy settings that come with GPP. Settings like resetting local administrator account password on every desktop, power options, service account password reset, registry value editor, drive mappings, printer mappings, and more. These GPP settings are backwards compatible to Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 SP1. So, everyone can take advantage of them immediately. GPP are free and ready to use NOW.
Group Policy Preferences Workshop (Online!) with Derek Melber, MVP
Group Policy Preferences (GPP) are FREE, work for Windows XP SP2, and available NOW! Let Derek Melber (Group Policy MVP) and MSPress Group Policy Resource Kit author, help you install, manage, and configure GPP. Take ultimate control over every desktop and server with Derek’s in-depth GPP experience in just 3 hours, at your desk, for just $299.
You can register for the Group Policy Preferences Workshop at: http://www.braincore.net/gpptraining.htm
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Ron Barrett is president of RARE-TECH, an IT Training and consulting company. He has been a technology professional for over a decade, working for several major financial firms and dotcoms. Barrett is a specialist in network infrastructure, security and IT management.
He is a co-author of The Administrator's Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 Servers, How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications Server 2007, and the Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 620 Preparation Kit and has been a contributor to Windows 2000 Enterprise Storage Solutions and Exam Cram �70-244-Supporting & Maintaining NT Server 4.
He has also contributed to several industry magazines and was featured in the book Tricks of the Windows Vista Masters. He has worked for Microsoft writing research and analysis documents for Windows Server 2008, Windows HPC, and PerformancePoint Server 2007. He has also created screencasts on Windows Server 2008 Administration for Linux Admins.
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