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Published inJan 2012
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David Overton
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David Overton

David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. For the next four years David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. As well as his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received. When not working or writing, David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.
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Policy management


Policy management is the creation of policies and then the application of those policies onto one or more computer groups. The three areas are:

  • Windows Firewall Settings

  • Windows Intune Center Settings

  • Windows Intune Agent Settings

The groups are those we created earlier and policies can be applied to multiple groups. If we also have Active Directory Group Policy, this will override policy settings in Windows Intune.

Policies are updated on client computers with the check for system updates, so until a computer connects to the Internet and checks for updates, policies will not be distributed.

If we have multiple policies that apply to a computer and there are conflicts, there are two rules that govern the final policy settings. These rules are as follows:

  • Policies closest to the computer (that is,. inherited through the groups tree) win over those above them

  • When two policy settings are both as "close", the newest policy wins

In the following example, all computers have...

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Microsoft Windows Intune 2.0: Quickstart Administration
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David Overton

David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. For the next four years David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. As well as his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received. When not working or writing, David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.
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