This module provides students with knowledge and skills to manage user environments by using Group Policy. Students will learn to manage user environments by configuring the administrative template settings, using Group Policy to run scripts at designated times, redirecting folders to a central location, and applying security settings. | MICROSOFT TRAINING and CERTIFICATION Official Curriculum Module 8 Using Group Policy to Manage User Environments Contents Overview 1 Introduction to Managing User Environments 2 Introduction to Administrative Templates 4 Using Administrative Templates in Group Policy 8 Lab A Using Administrative Templates to Assign Registry-Based Group Policy 19 Assigning Scripts with Group Policy 25 Lab B Using Group Policy to Assign Scripts to Users and Computers 30 Using Group Policy to Redirect Folders 35 Lab C Implementing Folder Redirection Policy 40 Using Group Policy to Secure the User Environment 45 Lab D Implementing Security Settings by Using Group Policy 47 Troubleshooting User Environment Management 51 Best Practices 53 Review 54 Microsoft Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The names of companies products people characters and or data mentioned herein are fictitious and are in no way intended to represent any real individual company product or event unless otherwise noted. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. If however your only means of access is electronic permission to print one copy is hereby granted. Microsoft may have patents patent applications trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property. 2000 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft Active Directory BackOffice FrontPage IntelliMirror PowerPoint Visual Basic Visual Studio Win32 Windows Windows Media and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft .