Architecture of Windows Group Policy for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista

Additional Resources

• The Microsoft TechNet article titled “How the Active Directory Replication Model Works,” at http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/1465d773-b763-45ec-b971-c23cdc27400e1033.mspx?mfr=true, includes information about Active Directory replication.

• The Microsoft TechNet article titled “Appendix of Functional Level Features,” at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/34678199-98f1-465f-9156-c600f723b31f1033.mspx?mfr=true, includes information about Windows Server 2008 functional levels for Active Directory.

• Chapter 3, “Group Policy Basics,” includes information about configuring local Group Policy Objects.

• Chapter 5, “Group Policy Processing,” includes information about how Group Policy processes settings.

• Chapter 12, “Group Policy Preferences,” includes information about the Preferences settings in a GPO.

• Chapter 15, “Troubleshooting Group Policy,” includes information about how DNS can affect Group Policy application and how to troubleshoot Group Policy replication issues.