Managing Windows Environments with Group Policy

About This Course:

Group Policy remains one of the most powerful tools for centrally controlling how users and devices behave across a Windows domain. This four-day, hands-on course gives IT professionals the skills to plan, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot a Group Policy environment built on Active Directory Domain Services.

Course Objectives:

• Manage Windows 11 and Windows Server devices locally and remotely using consoles, the command line, and Windows Admin Center

• Configure standalone workstations with Local Group Policy and explain how local policies are processed

• Administer core AD DS components, including domain controllers, sites, subnets, and replication

• Plan and implement an organizational unit structure that supports effective policy targeting

• Design and build a Group Policy infrastructure, including GPO management and administrative templates

• Explain default GPO processing behavior and modify it using linking, inheritance, filtering, and other controls

• Deploy, update, and restrict applications through Group Policy and AppLocker

• Configure the user environment with profiles, folder redirection, offline files, scripts, and UAC settings

• Implement Group Policy preferences and apply them precisely with item-level targeting

• Apply Windows 11 security settings and deploy certificates through Group Policy

• Use Group Policy to manage Windows Update and maintain device configuration

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve problems with GPO application on user devices

Audience:

• Windows system administrators responsible for configuring and maintaining domain-joined servers and clients

• Active Directory administrators who manage OUs, users, groups, and computer objects

• Desktop support and endpoint management professionals who standardize workstation configuration

• IT security professionals who enforce security baselines and access restrictions across Windows environments

Prerequisites:

• None