16-04-2013, 04:40 PM
Group Policy Preferences
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What is Group Policy Preferences
•Group Policy Preferences adds more than 20 additional extensions to Group Policy Objects
•Client Sides extensions are installed on computers used for GPO management
•Install client on computers that need to process Group Policy Preference settings
•Provides per-policy item filtering
Benefits
•Reduce energy consumption
•Standardize desktops
•Avoid complexity of configuration scripting
•Develop flexible, predictable, standard configurations
•Target configuration to systems or users based your specific criteria
•Reduce help desk calls, desktop visits
Windows Settings –Drive Maps
•The Drive Maps preference extension provides the ability to create, replace, update, and delete network drive mappings. This extension enables you to map network drives without writing logon scripts. Additionally, mapped network drives deployed using the Drive Maps preference extension work more consistently than those deployed using logon scripts.
•You can deploy multiple Drive Maps preference items within a single GPO. You can also target individual Drive Maps preference items to specific departments, locations, and so on. Using Group Policy preferences to deploy mapped network drives provides just as much flexibility as scripting but with less work and with fewer problems.
Windows Settings –Folders
•The Folders preference extension is similar to the Files extension, but it allows you to create, replace, update, delete, and even clean up folders on targeted computers. Like the Files preference extension, it supports environment variables. It does not support wildcards in folder paths, however.
•As an example, you can use the Folders preference extension to regularly clean up temporary folders. The extension is flexible and can handle most requirements. You can recursively remove subfolders, allow or disallow removal of read-only files and folders, and choose whether or not to remove the root folder or just its contents. For example, you can use this extension to remove temporary folders that some applications create in the root of the system drive or to clean up the Windows temporary folder on a regular basis.
Control Panel Settings –Data Sources
•Group Policy provides a setting for distributing applications, but it does not provide a setting for configuring the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) data sources used by many of them. The Data Sources preference extension provides a way to create, replace, update, and delete data sources for users and computers. Additionally, user data sources roam with users from computer to computer, further simplifying their deployment. Using the Data Sources extension reduces the complexity and cost of managing business applications for which you must configure data sources.