Configuring Active Directory, including Group Policies

As you know, the Windows Server-based domain is a centralized environment. Everything revolves around the ADDS role, which, when installed and configured, establishes a hierarchical database known as AD that consists of objects. Typically, AD objects represent users, computers, peripheral devices, and network services. From the administration point of view, domain is a complex environment that requires additional tools that will help manage AD objects. One such option is Group Policy which enables limit restrictions to be established, both at a computer level and a user level. In general, group policies are preconfigured templates that control user behavior on computers, peripheral devices, and network applications across the organization's network. By default, group policies are stored in C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\domain\Policies on a domain controller.