Group Policy

Group Policy

Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop

Third Edition

Jeremy Moskowitz

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For L, A, M, J, B, E, J, and E as we journey through life together. – Jeremy

I want to thank Alan Burchill for the second time in taking on the not-so-glamorous job of technical editor. I’m really glad to have you on my team, helping me clean up the little messes I made during the writing process and taking on a heavy responsibility. Note: If there are still any technical problems with the book, blame me, not him. Alan was awesome.

I want to thank Sara Barry for taking my initial chapters and kneading them from a wad of dough into tasty pizza. And to Elizabeth Campbell, who has worked with me through every major project to completion for almost 15 years now. We joke that she’s “been making Jeremy sound like Jeremy since 2001.” And it’s mostly true. Thank you.

Special thanks to my Sybex and Wiley compatriots: Ken Brown, Mariann Barsolo, Jim Minitel, Mary Beth Wakefield, and everyone else on the Sybex/Wiley team. Once again, your dedication to my book’s success means so much to me. You take everything I create and deal with it so personally, and I really know that. Thank you, very sincerely.