Of course, you could always open the GPEdit
console in a client machine and use it to connect to the remote server. Any group policies that you
set at the server affect everyone who logs into the server. Set any local policies at the machine the
policies affect. If you have Active Directory installed, Chapter 19 tells you how to manage policies,
users, and resources using Active Directory.
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Along with user and resource security, you??™ll need to consider communication and network
security. For example, the ???Managing the IPv6 Policies and Security with the IPSec6 Utility??? section
of Chapter 11 describes how to set IPv6 communication security. Make sure you check Chapter 21
for additional information on security commands and utilities.
Configuring Server Core Using the WMIC Command
You may wonder what Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is all about and it??™s important
to know a little about it. In 1996, BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer, Intel, and
Microsoft sponsored the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) initiative. The whole purpose
of WBEM is to make it possible to manage systems across a network even if those systems
aren??™t normally compatible.
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