Hi all, My organization is currently running a W2K3 pilot and i have been assigned the task of defining GPO change management, backup and restore procedures.
I have divided this into 3 sub-categories: 1) Procedures for tasks related to changes in the Group Policies (testing new GPOs, archiving, establishing new baseline, backup, etc..) 2) Documentation of changes 3) GPO management tools. Now, as I was used to W2K environment, I started by looking into third party tools: FAZAM 2000, Directory Administrator by Small Wonders and ActiveRoles by Quest without totally being aware of the existence of GPMC. I have dedicated some time to investigating this tool and meanwhile have not noticed any features I might benefit of by buying third party software. Except GPO merging, restoring GPO links, exporting GPO to a database, comparing GPOs and some other minor features, it seems that a bunch of automated scripts can do a pretty good job. Any insights on this ? Am I missing something here ? Second question: have anybody encountered GPO change management best practices anywhere ? I do not mind reinventing the wheel, but additional insights are always welcome. Thanks in advance, Guy -- List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
