Dictionary · Certification Terminology
Group Policy
GPO — Group Policy Object
Directory · Intermediate
A Windows mechanism that applies centrally managed settings to users and computers, such as password rules, desktop restrictions, and software deployment.
Administrators change a setting once in the directory, and domain computers pick it up. A result that does not match the intended setting usually means the object did not apply or lost a conflict.
Example: A password-length rule is set once and reaches every workstation in an organizational unit.
Common misconception
- An object that exists is not an object that applied. Computers have to receive and process it.