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Video 2 is an
interesting, informative and in
depth look into AD Organizational
Units (OU) and Group Policy Objects
(GPO). (Windows 2000 had around 500
policies, 2003 has around 1000.)
Correct design of OUs makes applying
GPOs extremely efficient. This video
gives, once again, easy to
understand and follow instructions
and examples. This particular video
made me realize just how damn good
this Train Signal training course
is. I have installed Windows 2003
Server several dozen times, read
bible sized books about it but never
caught on to the multitude of Right
Click options that are available in
AD. The information in this video is
very detailed and this video alone
is worth purchasing the product.
Video 3 looked more
deeply into “Active Directory
features that allow you to manage
policy, software, desktop
restrictions, security settings and
more from one centralized
interface.” Sounds a lot, well it is
a lot! I made over a page of notes
on this video alone when preparing
this review. Not only is the video
chock full of goodies but it also
goes over related information from
videos 1 and 2. For me this helped
drive home the message on some of
the fundamentals that just have to
be known. Details are not just
glassed over with the hope they will
be remembered. The repartition may
get annoying when you replay the
videos several times, but hey, you
don’t forget it. GPO Editor is given
a good workout and you come away
with a good understanding of it and
how to apply a GPO. I loved the part
of making sure a GPO is not applied
to the Admins. After some practice
in my lab I can’t wait to apply the
new knowledge and apply it on a live
network. The Losers aren’t going to
know what hit them.
Video 4 is about AD
from the AD users perspective and
publishing resources so they can be
searched for in AD. Again nothing is
too small to be included. You are
shown how to create a SHARE, publish
it in AD so you can search for that
share in AD. The difference between
object permission and the actual
share permission is explained and
how to apply keywords to a share to
make searching for it easier. It
means users don’t have to remember
the share name anymore, just the
keyword or keywords. Sweet!!! The
Saved Query tutorial included in the
video showed that this is also a
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