This webcast examines Group Policy functionality improvements that have been made in the Windows Vista operating system. It describes the new and updated features and how they help alleviate issues that may have been present in previous operating systems. The number of Group Policy settings has increased from approximately 1,700 in Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) to approximately 3,000 in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, but it looks only at the biggest improvements to give a starting point to utilize the new Group Policy settings.
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