Useful group policies

So far in this chapter, we have talked about the benefits of group policies and how to use group policies appropriately. As the final section of this chapter, I choose to talk about some useful group polices that can be used in environments. It doesn't mean that every environment should have similar policies, but we can use this as an example and grow from there:

1. Policy Name: Password Policy.

   Policy Location: Computer Configuration | Policies | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Account Policies | Password Policy.

   Description: This is one of the most commonly used group policies in an Active Directory environment. Passwords are no longer the best method for securing an account, but passwords are still widely used as the primary authentication method. When a system asks to set a password, as humans, we tend to use the easiest password we can remember. These passwords can also be easy for intruders to break. Using password policy, we...