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Manage your existing Windows systems with Group Policy Preference client side extensions.

These are some serious toys delivering a large punch of power from the suite formerly known as PolicyMaker. You don't need to have Windows Server 2008 or Vista SP1 to use the tools -- now called Group Policy preferences. They include more than 20 new Group Policy client-side extensions, expanding the range of configurable settings in a Group Policy object.

Just go to the Microsoft Download Center and grab them.

 

Published Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:20 PM by GPTeam

Comments

 

SSTechIII said:

I am a bit confused: You are saying "You don't need to have Windows Server 2008 or Vista SP1 to use the tools" but on the download page it specifically says:

"This new functionality can only be configured under the new preferences node in the User or Computer configurations of the Group Policy Management Editor window on the following computers:

• Windows Server 2008-based computers

• Windows Vista SP1-based computers that have Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) installed"

So, can I use the group policy preferences in an environment where all the servers are WS2003 and all the clients XP Pro SP2?

March 24, 2008 1:25 PM
 

sreichling said:

Is there a migration path for current users of Desktop Standard PolicyMaker to Group Policy Preferences?

March 25, 2008 2:12 PM
 

SSTechIII said:

To answer my own question: No, you can not use group policy preferences if you only have XP Pro SP2 and WS2003 R2. You must have at least one WS2008 or Vista SP1.

@sreichling: I had the same question and found a post explaining how PolicyMaker and GPP interact: http://sdmsoftware.com/blog/2008/03/managing_group_policy_preferen.html

March 28, 2008 2:10 PM
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