Deploy Software Using Group Policy Management Console

 

Deploy Software Using Group Policy Management Console

 

Group Policy Management Console

Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft operating systems that controls the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts. Group Policy provides the centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users' settings in an Active Directory environment. Group Policy is a hierarchical infrastructure that allows an administrator in charge of Microsoft's Active Directory to implement specific configurations for users and computers. Group Policy can also be used to define user, security and networking policies at the machine level.

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Why Group Policy

Group Policy is the feature available in Windows Server Operating System. Group policy is a collection of settings which can be applied on computers and users. With group policy administrator can centrally manage the computers and users. Eases administration using group policy. Group policy is not the great way to install software’s on large scale. There are plenty of other tools are available for mass deployment of software’s in your network such as SCCM etc. We are here going to deploy some basic software’s, such as Google Chrome, Adobe Reader etc. With the help of group policy we can deploy this kind of software’s in our environment efficiently. There are two types of Group Policy consoles. First is Local Group Policy Editor and second is Group Policy Management Console which is known as GPMC in Windows Server Operating System.