Group Policy Changes in Server 2008 - The Preferences Strikes Back
Jeremy Moskowitz reports that Server 2008 will be bringing some major changes to the way we deal with Group Policies. Changes that haven't been reported yet on this web site (and are new to me too!).
The gist of the change is that PolicyMaker, formerly a tool only available in certain licensing arrangements, is now freely available to everyone. PolicyMaker has a few very exciting features that make the administration of Group Policy much easier...
From Jeremy's Blog:
The PolicyMaker technologies will officially be called Group Policy Preferences.There are 20-some-odd "big" things you can do, like zap down drive mapping and shortcuts and a whole lot more.
PolicyMaker Share Manager (which helps you set up and dictate share permissions) will also be part of the set.
They require a CSE (Client Side Extension) as do all GP extensions.
The CSE will ship in the box for Windows Server 2008.
The CSE will be an extra download for XP, 2003 and Vista
The CSE will not work for 2000
Jeremy also points to a new Microsoft white paper that discusses these changes. I'll report more about it once I finish reading the paper.
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