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Windows Server 2012 : Implementing Group Policy preferences (part 1) - Understanding preferences - Preference categories, Configuring preferences

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Understanding preferences

Group Policy preferences are unmanaged configuration settings. That is, they are configuration settings that the organization does not consider mandatory but might consider recommended or advisable. Unmanaged settings are pushed out to targeted user accounts or computers, but unlike managed settings, which are always enforced, unmanaged settings can be modified by users if they want to do so.

Group Policy preferences are implemented using client-side extensions (CSEs) and supplement the range of configurable settings available within a GPO. Group Policy preferences can be used to manage the configuration of the following versions of Windows:

  • Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

  • Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

  • Windows XP SP2 or later and Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later

Note

Group Policy preferences and earlier versions of Windows

To use Group Policy preferences to manage the configuration of Windows XP or Windows Vista, you must download and install the CSEs for these platforms from the Microsoft Download Center.

As Figure 1 shows, Group Policy preferences within a GPO can be configured by opening the GPO in the Group Policy Management Editor. Preference extensions can be found in both the Computer Configuration and User Configuration sections of the GPO. By right-clicking on a preference extension and selecting New from the context menu, you can create a new preference item that can be used to distribute the settings configured in the item to users or computer targeted by the GPO.

Group Policy preferences in the Group Policy Management Editor.
Figure 1. Group Policy preferences in the Group Policy Management Editor.

Note

Preferences and local Group Policy

Unlike policies, which can be configured in both domain and local GPOs, preferences can be configured only in domain GPOs. This means that if you open the Local Computer Policy on a computer by running gpedit.msc, you will not see a Preferences node under Computer Configuration or User Configuration.

Preference categories

As Figure 1 shows, preferences can be categorized in two ways:

  • Windows Settings These are preferences that can be used to configure different aspects of the Windows environment for targeted users and computers.

  • Control Panel Settings These are preferences that can be used to configure Control Panel settings for targeted users and computers.

The different types of Windows Settings and Control Panel Settings preferences are described later in this lesson.

Note

Overlap

A few policies and preferences overlap and allow you to configure the same setting for targeted users or computers. To resolve such situations, policies always have priority over preferences.

Configuring preferences

Preference options are usually configured using properties sheets. For example, Figure 2 shows the General tab on the properties sheet of a New Drive preference item, which can be used to configure new mapped drives for users or computers targeted by a GPO. For most types of preference extensions, when you create a new preference item you have a choice of four actions to select from:

  • Create Creates a new preference item for the targeted user or computer—for example, a new mapped drive for users.

  • Delete Removes a previously created preference itemfor the targeted user or computer—for example, a previously configured mapped drive for users.

  • Replace Deletes and re-creates the preference item for the targeted user or computer—for example, deletes apreviously mapped drive and creates a new one. The Replace action overwrites all existing settings associated with the previously configured preference item. If the preference item (for example, a drive mapping) does not exist, the Replace action creates a new preference item (for example, a new drive mapping) for the targeted user or computer.

  • Update Modifies the settings of an existing preference item, such as a mapped drive. Update differs from Replace in that it updates only settings defined within the preference item. If the preference item (for example, a drive mapping) does not exist, the Update action creates a new item (for example, a new drive mapping) for the targeted user or computer.

The remaining configuration options available on the General tab depend on which type of action you selected for the new preference item.

The General tab on the properties sheet of a New Drive preference item.
Figure 2. The General tab on the properties sheet of a New Drive preference item.

Note

Default action

The default action for a new preference item is Update.

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